Comment on EV Batteries Are Dangerous to Repair. Here’s Why Mechanics Are Doing So Anyway

GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• reallyNaughty@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mostly it’s money for the consumer. I have a Prius so it might be a little different. But when the hybrid battery goes out costs something like $7,000 to have it replaced. A mechanic in town will repair it for $1000.

  Now my car isn’t worth $7000 so if I had to replace the battery then I would just get a new car and this one might end up in the scrap heap. In getting it repaired I have gotten something like 6 more years out of it, at least, and that’s a pretty significant environmental savings.

  And that’s essentially what the article is saying.

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  • _Analog_@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A battery that is utter trash for driving purposes still has tons of life left for other uses.

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  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So it is about money.

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