Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer

• Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why on earth would I do that based on my post?

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  • kudra@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It was a facetious question. Clearly you wouldn’t with such misguided preconceptions.

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    • Whirlybird@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “Misguided preconceptions” lolololol

      Any battery powered device that costs more to replace the battery than it costs to buy a new device is not a smart purchase when it’s close to or outside of its warranty period. The risk is not worth it.

      It’s like you don’t even understand the point being made. If a EV battery was good for “the life of the car” (let’s say 350,000km or 20 years) then the warranty would be 350,000km or 20 years, wouldn’t it?

      Answer me this - why is the battery warranty 8 years / 100,000km with 70% capacity (or whatever the km limit is, can’t remember off the top of my head)? Why don’t they guarantee it for 15 years? 20 years?

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      • kudra@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        An incorrect assumption you have made is that batteries fail at a higher rate than major components on an ICE car. It’s a misunderstanding of the relative risk. Like how people hop in their car every day no worries but are afraid to fly.

        Also is 100,000 miles or 160,000 km, not 100,000 km as the current warranty standard. And like any new technology, they really don’t know exactly how long they are going to last, so at this stage manufacturers are hedging their bets.

        …com.au/…/new-data-reveals-the-battery-life-in-us…

        theengineer.co.uk/…/assurances-on-battery-health-…

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