Posted on 03/20/2023 10:19:59 AM PDT by McGruff
For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles - leading to higher premiums and undercutting gains from going electric.
And now those battery packs are piling up in scrapyards in some countries, a previously unreported and expensive gap in what was supposed to be a "circular economy."
"We're buying electric cars for sustainability reasons," said Matthew Avery, research director at automotive risk intelligence company Thatcham Research. "But an EV isn't very sustainable if you've got to throw the battery away after a minor collision."
Battery packs can cost tens of thousands of dollars and represent up to 50% of an EV's price tag, often making it uneconomical to replace them.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
It sounds like these idiots would have been better off buying a bass boat.
Wow, even Reuters occasionally - like a stopped clock - stumbles on science and engineering truths. I’m surprised the “truth police” has not silenced them.
A Tesla is like an IPhone. Throw it away after the battery’s life is over.
Good Heavens! They LIED to us! And we like suckers bought it!
Looks like those coal-powered cars are another bad progressive idea. Like the windmills killing whales and birds. The children should not be in charge.
The only way EVs would have ever worked is if the batteries were removable and interchangeable in short periods of time between makes......and that would be having to forget the other dozen or so drawbacks they have.
“The children should not be in charge.”
But how else are we going to prevent the earth from heating up 0.1 degree 100 years from now?
There are lots of companies who specialize in repairing Tesla battery packs.
Problem is, once you crack open a Tesla battery pack, the system knows and turns off your ability to super charge.
DIL bought a Tesla. I sat it in and I felt like I was sitting in one of those plugin kids cars you see in Walmart around Christmas time. It was completely bare inside except for a laptop on the dash. Like Elmer Fudd would say, “Pwetty Scwewy.”
“once you crack open a Tesla battery pack, the system knows and turns off your ability to super charge”
Sounds a little like a monopoly to me
From what I understand if you need service on a tesla you have to take it to tesla for the work because so much of the car is proprietary.
Those "gains" were fiction from day one.
The world is insane.
Reported by El Reuters?
I may faint.
Pass a law prohibiting progressives from exhaling. Reduces CO2 emissions
That said, information is key before making the choice. Battery replacement cost depends on the brand. Mine would be $10K to $12K (without the warranty). But mine's neither a Too Expensive Still Liberals Adore. Nor is it a Government Motors. Nor is it a pickup-truck wannabe. LOL
Any product that has this sort of behavior is a deal breaker for me. Whether I go back to the vendor for service is my decision. I won't be anyone's captured market.
Of course, I expect that very few Tesla buyers are capable of assessing the actual cost of ownership anyway or they wouldn't be buying them.
How does that not violate the Magnuson-Moss Car Warranty Act?
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