If you actually read the article the 22k was dealership price and the 3rd party shop price was 5k. And "few" years is 8 which is how long the warranty lasts, and we don't know what % of cars have these failures when.
Still not cheap but not the ridiculous exaggeration the post title is trying to insinuate.
Electric cars are a joke until someone makes them with universal battery packs that are owner replaceable and commodity priced...like gasoline.
They're built specifically to be the opposite of that.
They're the most unconsumer-friendly vehicles on the road because if anything goes wrong with the powertrain/drivetrain there's almost nothing you could or can do on your own to replace/repair the vehicle.
Yes. I know this. I've been staying since about 1999 that electric cars would be a great 2nd car (for commuting, groceries) IF they were required to use a universal, modular battery pack. Sort of like how regulations exist that keeps gasoline pretty much the same. But no, electric cars are like iPhones. Proprietary and intentionally designed with a short lifecycle.
They ALREADY do. No, not an ICE. And no, not a tesla, nor a EMustang, nor the Hummer or Etron. You can buy an electric car TODAY that has a modular AND universal battery pack. You can fill it up at any compatible station. It's called a mirai, you can even get a few years of power, for Free!
If you actually read the article the 22k was dealership price and the 3rd party shop price was 5k. And "few" years is 8 which is how long the warranty lasts, and we don't know what % of cars have these failures when.
Still not cheap but not the ridiculous exaggeration the post title is trying to insinuate.
I bought my Corolla 100k and 5 years ago for $4k. Probably still has a other 250k left on it.
Electric cars are a joke until someone makes them with universal battery packs that are owner replaceable and commodity priced...like gasoline.
They're built specifically to be the opposite of that.
They're the most unconsumer-friendly vehicles on the road because if anything goes wrong with the powertrain/drivetrain there's almost nothing you could or can do on your own to replace/repair the vehicle.
Yes. I know this. I've been staying since about 1999 that electric cars would be a great 2nd car (for commuting, groceries) IF they were required to use a universal, modular battery pack. Sort of like how regulations exist that keeps gasoline pretty much the same. But no, electric cars are like iPhones. Proprietary and intentionally designed with a short lifecycle.
They ALREADY do. No, not an ICE. And no, not a tesla, nor a EMustang, nor the Hummer or Etron. You can buy an electric car TODAY that has a modular AND universal battery pack. You can fill it up at any compatible station. It's called a mirai, you can even get a few years of power, for Free!
Electric cars could be so great if every company making them wasn't God awful.