Sunshine@lemmy.ca to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoYour electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study findselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down18
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkYour electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study findselectrek.coSunshine@lemmy.ca to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareWhereGrapesMayRule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down6·5 hours agoNope. My car had not mechanical defects at all but cost $23k to repair when the battery failed.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 hour agoAnd you saved more on gas and maintenance than the cost of that repair if it happened outside of warranty (which is 10 years on batteries)
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 hours agoYour battery wasn’t still under its 10 year / 100000 mile warranty?
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 hours agoSome people keep their cars for a long time.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 hours ago“fall apart” is a very careful choice of words here. The battery may fail, individual cells may fail, but it will still be one unit.
Nope. My car had not mechanical defects at all but cost $23k to repair when the battery failed.
And you saved more on gas and maintenance than the cost of that repair if it happened outside of warranty (which is 10 years on batteries)
Your battery wasn’t still under its 10 year / 100000 mile warranty?
Some people keep their cars for a long time.
“fall apart” is a very careful choice of words here.
The battery may fail, individual cells may fail, but it will still be one unit.