I heard someone said that, at the end EV will cost you almost the same as gasoline vehicle, if you have to change the expensive battery every so often. Can someone please give me more info on this? Thank you so much.

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    They found that in a community of 15,000 electric cars only 1.5 percent of batteries have been replaced if you exclude massive recalls […] The team also points out that most battery replacements happen when the car is still covered by a warranty.

    I’m not sure looking at the stats like that is really all that useful.

    There are two situations where the battery replacement happens:

    1. The user forks over the money to replace it personally.
    2. They manage to convince the manufacturer to cover the cost.

    It’s definitely not a given that everyone who wants to replace their battery can and does. This post is about longevity, so presumably most of the time in that situation the person will have to cover the cost of replacement themselves.

    I want to be clear, I’m not arguing against EVs. I’m just saying this article doesn’t really have enough information to draw a conclusion.

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      They manage to convince the manufacturer to cover the cost.

      Battery warranties are pretty cut-and-dry, there’s little convincing needed.

      If the capacity is below the threshold, it gets replaced

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        This assumes that it’s within the warranty period (or recall period assuming there is a recall). After that the customer absolutely will be on their own for the repairs assuming they don’t have an aftermarket warranty which a fair number of people don’t bother with.

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      Shops are already repairing batteries. All EV batteries are made of thousands of cells, of which individual cells can be swapped by any enterprising individual.

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      Unrelated to the entire discussion on cars: This is important! What you just did is so so important. I WANT to believe that EVs are great, and they probably are, but the study seems somewhat lackluster. An someone needa to point it out, regardless of their own opinion.

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      As someone who bought a Tesla because my GTI’s engine died at 95k miles, I’ll take my chances with the electricity