Posted on 03/28/2023 2:57:02 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Way back in the mid-1980s, communist Yugoslavia exported the Yugo, a compact car that sold for around $4,000. It was so poorly made that bumping into a pole at 5 mph could total it.
Fast forward to today, and a new class of cars has a similar problem. A minor accident can cause a total loss, even if the car’s been driven only a few miles. The only difference is that these cars aren’t cheap imports from some godforsaken socialist state. These are state-of-art electric vehicles that come with an average sticker price of $55,000.
Why are insurance companies totaling low-mileage EVs that have been in a fender bender? For the same reason you could total a new Yugo when backing out of a parking spot. The cost of repair is exorbitant.
As Reuters reported recently, “For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents,” which means the only viable option is to replace the battery, which represents about half the cost of the car.
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There was a story earlier this week of someone getting their Rivian stuck in the snow. No big deal right? Except getting it stuck in the snow triggered an alarm condition that could only be reset at the dealer. It resulted in a cost to the owner of over $2K!
Haha, a Yugo? I miss Rush and the Yugo song.
EYE - CEE - EE for me!
Because making batteries is so fossil fuel intensive, only short range EVs actually reduce your carbon footprint. Long range EVs have so many energy intensive batteries that you never make up for the carbon expnded in manufacturing them.
One expert told Reuters that Tesla’s Model Y has “zero repairability” because its battery is built into the structure of the car.
Anyone dumb enough to buy an EV in an area prone to cold winter weather probably needed that hard lesson.
That was rather funny, wasn’t it?
yugo first...
Inflation.
I remember the Yugo station wagon. Known here in the South as the Yallgo.
Yes, I found it too, and was about to post it to you, but you beat me to it. 😆🤗
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Those of us that are older will remember the Chevrolet Corvair. That was one sorry ass piece of machinery.
How about the Edsel?
I kind of liked Corvairs. Besides, anything that Ralph Nader hates can’t be all bad.
We also were not forced to contribute to other people’s Yugo purchases. I broke into one once (with permission). It took me a screwdriver and five seconds. All I broke was a 59 cent rear window clip.
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