Posted on 09/23/2023 7:07:31 PM PDT by Leaning Right
Interested in an electric car, but finding current prices are a bit too high for your budget? Worry not, as the second-hand EV market is well garnished with a wide variety of appealing zero emission alternatives.
But while it’s true that an electric vehicle requires less maintenance than a gasoline one, resulting in second-hand models that are in great mechanical shape, consumers must stay on the lookout for a rapidly spreading problem in the second-hand EV market: battery fraud.
(Excerpt) Read more at wheels.ca ...
hardly a peep out of them about the climate change fraud either- they are just going along for the ride and for the $$
Do you need a dynamometer or merely a simple multimeter and a resistive load under which to test?
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That’s an excellent question. If I’m buying a used ICE vehicle, I at least have some idea of the tests that need to be done to check it out. What exactly is the test protocol for verifying that an EV battery is ok? I think the only really accurate test would be to charge it up and drive it until the battery is depleted....Good luck on getting that out of the prospective seller...
ev is fraud
dont encourage them folks
Never buy a Nissan Leaf. Their batteries are air cooled. Terrible idea. If you want an EV get a new Tesla. The EV credits make them really affordable and the battery warranty is eight years. And if you live in a rural area you probably shouldn’t get an EV yet. I’m waiting for my shiny Cybertruck - unfortunately there are 900,000 reservations ahead of me.
Bottom line, the average consumer isn’t equipped to cope with growing ev industry fraud.
Simply by buying a used ev in the absence of nonexistent regulations the consumer is running a high risk of great financial loss. Loss potential: THOUSANDS of dollars.
Worse, there’s no way to quantify the degree of risk.
Conclusion:
Anyone who buys a used ev is a dumbass who both supports the fraudulent ‘climate emergency’ and the rampant, opportunistic fraud ironically & hypocritically engaged mostly by those on the left who support the industry.
This article was good news.
Stupid should hurt—and anyone who thought .gov would protect them from used EV battery fraud is in for a big shock...
I’ll concede that behind my comment is a big smile...
Electric car long lasting as Disco.
” I enjoy upsetting Al Gore and Greta Thunberg”
Yes,Yes,Yes!
A new battery for a normal car is now about $200. Ask me how I know this.
😊
There is an advantage to having all the commie trash in EV’s — if all the sane folk move to the country they cannot be reached by EV’s.
Gas cars can be converted to hydrogen. Hydrogen can be separated from water via solar. All yah need is a tank that holds H.
Let the commie trash starve in their blue cities. That only takes a week.
This is a great question. However, those will only give you a partial answer to the condition of the battery.
These tests would not indicate the battery's capacity. I think a load test over time is needed for that. You'd put the battery under normal working load and measure the time until full discharge (~20% remaining).
From that you can do the math to determine if the battery's Amp Hours are somewhere near its published rating.
I have almost 900 miles on my e-bike since new this Spring. I am already seeing a degradation in the range per charge. It charges to full voltage.
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