EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here’s Why Mechanics Are Doing So Anyway - eviltoast

Fixing car and e-bike batteries saves money and resources, but challenges are holding back the industry

  • NAK@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It really isn’t.

    The whole point of the crate motor vs battery pack was it’s ridiculous to compare the cost of a new battery vs a used engine. If you blow an engine in a regular car it’s replaced with s used one, even if it’s covered by warranty. Used battery packs will get cheaper with time, especially 8 years from now when the warranty on a new EV is done.

    Good for you that your car hasn’t broken yet. I have a friend who got a bad transmission in her Subaru, it was replaced after something like 500 miles. Are you claiming that every new ICE vehicle that had ever been sold have had 100% working drive trains for the entirety of the restraint period?

    Or are you comparing your anecdotal experience with a FUD news story about one person who had a lemon of a vehicle that happened to be electric