Post by peeves on Aug 14, 2021 8:57:51 GMT -5
"2020 BMW i3. $44,450 | Max Range: 153 mi | U.S. News Overall Score: 7.5/10. The 2020 BMW i3 is one of the most expensive short-range electric cars available today. You can add a gas-powered range extender for about $4,000, but it only bumps the i3's maximum range to 200 miles. At the same time, it drops the car's electric-only range"
Sounds expensive to me and worse yet with Canada $ exchange rate (around $. 80 cents Can to USA $ ).
But here's real problem buyers are facing.
Battery problems with electric car battery. linkhttps://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-big-looming-problem-with-old-evs-its-really-really-hard-to-change-the-battery
"The National Post conducted an informal survey of Western Canadian Nissan dealerships to ask the cost of replacing a battery pack on a 2013 Nissan Leaf. Estimates ranged from $8,000 to an eyewatering $30,953.28 plus $1,200 in labour.
Virtually every dealer contacted said they had never once performed a non-warranty battery replacement, and that ordering a full stack replacement is a complex process unlike any other Nissan component. “It’s not a normal process,” said one Vancouver Island dealer."
Virtually every dealer contacted said they had never once performed a non-warranty battery replacement, and that ordering a full stack replacement is a complex process unlike any other Nissan component. “It’s not a normal process,” said one Vancouver Island dealer."
It seems the cost of a new battery is near half the cost of a new car. Manufacturers want to sell cars, not batteries!
I wonder what happens to the 'old' dead battery, in the present...thousands, in the future millions.
