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Most electric cars are able to switch packs fairly easily.
For example, all eNiro are currently being recalled due to faulty LG Chem packs. They’re not totalling the cars, they’re just switching them out.
Both Renault and Nissan have battery leasing schemes where you don’t own the pack and they’re swapped as needed.
It’s expensive now but, when batteries on things like the current Tesla actually need changing (around 250-500k miles), batteries will be much lower cost.
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According to my Audi mechanic, batteries for the Audi eTron are £29,000 to replace and £4,000 in labour costs. Guarantee lasts for three years. Not the cheapest investment!
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I guess that's another conversation, will current battery technology be superseded any time soon? Are these new Toyota batteries actually coming down the pipe soon? I'm waiting for them to get cheap enough so I can get one and some panels for our house, by that point I might be in the market for a car that I can run off my roof!
TGR
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Isn't the big problem with EVs what happens when you need to change the battery pack? From what I've seen that totals your car straight away as replacing it is so prohibitively expensive... Not a problem for you leasing types but what about everyone else that buys in to electric? Serious question BTW, not trolling...