The clock on the 30 second warranty starts when you arrive at the repair shop.
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What “repairs” are in order for a battery?
The only thing that comes to mind is cleaning corrosion on the terminals (that is increasing electrical resistance).
If corrosion is on the negative terminals, that indicates undercharging. On he positive, overcharging.
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Another reason not to ever buy an EV.
I defend Tesla on many things, but their management of batteries is undefensible. Their batteries normally do last a LONG time, far longer than their warranty. But in recent years, the’ve made the battery almost impossible to replace.
Eight years, 100,000 miles is pretty good. And unlike your printer or your John Deere, “unauthorized tinkering” is a major safety issue... and FR reports every...single... Tesla fire like it’s the OJ Simpson chase. But that doesn’t excuse deliberately making the battery so difficult to replace or recycle.
The resale value sucks for electric cars. Why ? Because it costs more to replace the worn out batteries than the car is worth. There are huge junkyard lots filled with used electric cars because nobody wants them.
Gosh - if “healthy” batteries can catch fire and be impossible to put out, what might happen to “refurbished” batteries?
Just to show my age, I sued to test repair equipment that used TTL ICs. HP was known for grinding off Texas Instruments part numbers and putting on their own part numbers with a commensurate vast increase in price.
This was to maintain the HP legend of “Quality”.
I suspect this battery cell thing to be much of the same. Tesla has an image to maintain.
Full disclosure never hire a 17 year experienced Electronics tech that earned a degree. We know our shit and what is shit. We can spot BS in a second. FPGA and VHDL is the way to go in the future. except where you need galvanic action to absolutely guarantee safety.
Sad, Scientific American was once a respected scientific journal now they are just another leftist propaganda tool. Like an aggressive all consuming cancer the left destroys everything.
I hope my neighbor never gets an EV , he’s a Courier and buys the cheapest crappiest car he can find then he does his own mechanic work , over the years he’s destroyed at least 25 cars trying to fix them ,LOL
Joe Rogan has a guest on and shows video.
The batteries cost is very high in human life.
15,000 people working by hand digging for cobalt in one mining pit... <-—!!!
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1729917081255067832
Here’s a little ditty for you guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEXieo06ta8
$60,000 to replace battery // 2nd IONIQ 5 case confirms battery price!
I just read today that in the last three years we are well over $1.2 trillion into this green net zero crap. Wasted money. Could have something to do with inflation and an inefficient economy?