What To Do When Your Tesla Battery Fails and You Can’t Afford To Fix it [19:11 | Nov 19 2023 | Rich Rebuilds]

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• Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you own a vehicle that is not cheap and you can not afford to fix it something falls… you spend too much money on your vehicle.

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  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That would be the common thinking for people that budget when buying cars.

    The difference is the cost to replace the battery pack on EVs, in this case Tesla may charge $15,000-25,000 to replace.

    That is a major charge for a big component, when talking about vehicles.

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  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Soon all electrical vehicles will have this same issue. You’ll be spending $10K every 7-10 years replacing the battery, but you won’t replace the vehicle itself.

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’ll be spending $10K every 7-10 years replacing the battery

      They already past reliably more than ten years and should keep improving.

      but you won’t replace the vehicle itself.

      Why not? I just replaced my 7 year old vehicle with an EV. When I drove it again, it was really noticeable how the seats were worm, suspension loosened up, the rattles and squeaks, the rings and mars. The rest of the car ages too, plus technology keeps improving, so why would you expect people to keep EVs longer than they currently keep their vehicle?

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    • 50MYT@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      To add to it, there will also be companies that will buy the used battery, so the outset cost of a new one won’t be as painful.

      For example, saw a good one that buys used car batteries and stacks them to make grid batteries.

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    • Hypx@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Which is why BEVs aren't the future.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Model Y uses a structural battery pack that can’t be replaced. It forces the car to be recycled instead of repaired.

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    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, if electric cars keep being bought and public transportation stays the same.

      Similar to hybrid costs it seems.

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