Electric cars are good for you, save money on gas
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It's not an EV, it's a hybrid. Which is part of the problem - while it's completely reasonable to demand some level of backwards compatibility in the form factor, inputs and outputs of your company's batteries even as the technology improves and you put out new models of vehicle, a 16 kWh hybrid battery and a 60 kWh all-electric battery are never going to be compatible, and Chevrolet has stopped making the hybrids.
Why are the batteries not just a standard shape? Why do I care if Duracell stop making AA ones I can buy them from Energizer instead.
<sub>I know why and this is rhetorical.</sub>
The battery pack is likely full of 18650-type cells, those are standard shape. Manufacturers get compatibility and you get a $30k bill.
PHEVs are a type of EV and based on the mileage the owner probably used it as more of an EV with a range extender than as a hybrid. I think the point still stands that these cars are disposable if companies don't commit to long term battery support even if the technology changes. I can have a remanufactured ecotec on my doorstep in a few days if my 18 year old car's engine dies and I'm not sure it would be worth it to do an engine swap but if I did I could probably drive the car another 18 years.