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Originally Posted by White1SS
EV's are already throw away items. Much like a refrigerator and condenser, once the warranty expires, it simply cost's too much to repair their primary parts. Who would spend 20k-30k to install a new battery in a 10 year old EV with 150k miles?
What if one or more of the motors needs to be replaced ? I have no idea, but the best I can tell it's somewhere between 6k-20K ?
With an EV, keep it until the warranty expires and then sell it. If not, keep it and run it until something goes wrong, at which time hire someone to haul it out of your driveway and recycle it.
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It doesn't cost that much to replace a battery, that price you keep throwing out there was from an old obsolete Chevy Volt that no one drives anymore. Tesla battery replacements don't cost nearly that much and like I said before, by the time comes for you to replace a battery pack, either the car will be depreciated enough to make it cost effective to replace the battery or batteries will be even cheaper. Is it really any different than a dealer trying to sell used vehicle with 200K miles on it? The value is going to be very low and if you choose to buy that vehicle at that significantly reduced cost, you know what you're getting and the potential costs of having the engine and transmission rebuilt, replaced, along with all the other mechanical parts that are probably worn out and need replacing. With an EV, there's almost no parts that need to be replaced other than the battery pack.
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shoppin...to-be-replaced
You really should educate yourself on this instead of just spreading anti-EV FUD.