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Originally Posted by whitev70r
What are the long term reviews and issues on EV's? I know everyone loves their new shiny Tesla but anyone here owned one past say 150K kms? Does the battery capacity decrease significantly? Battery replacement in most NA EV's are extremely expensive. Are we replacing one problem of ICE engine with an environmental disaster of having to junk the whole car after 10-15 years?
The big looming problem with old EVs: It’s really, really hard to change the battery
Even on a vehicle with only 150,000 km, battery replacement can be more expensive than the car's value
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ge-the-battery |
I'm at 78K km's on my 18 Leaf.
On the car's info screen, I am still at 12 out of 12 bars on the battery.
I hate to say it, there is a lot of truth but at the same time it's no different than an ICE car. All EV's do is defer some of the cost to down the road.
There's no real used battery options right now. So you have to buy new and it is based around what the market price is on batteries.
For a used ICE car, there are plenty of used engine options. Imagine if you had to go back to the dealer and buy a crate engine when the motor of your Civic dies.
And all this talk doesn't take into account of all the earlier EV's with older battery technology.