What To Do When Your Tesla Battery Fails and You Can’t Afford To Fix it [19:11 | Nov 19 2023 | Rich Rebuilds]
Submitted 11 months ago by jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0IxC-jFIo
Submitted 11 months ago by jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0IxC-jFIo
Eheran@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
AA5B@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They already past reliably more than ten years and should keep improving.
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?
50MYT@aussie.zone 11 months 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.
Hypx@kbin.social 11 months ago
Which is why BEVs aren't the future.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The Model Y uses a structural battery pack that can’t be replaced. It forces the car to be recycled instead of repaired.
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes, if electric cars keep being bought and public transportation stays the same.
Similar to hybrid costs it seems.