Fixing car and e-bike batteries saves money and resources, but challenges are holding back the industry

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I mean, I’m all for EV, but my car is over fifteen years old and still cranks every single time. Gets almost 40 to the gallon. Yeah, the resale is shit, but if I drive it until the wheels fall off, I don’t have to worry about that.

    Their argument was valid other than their martyr complex

    • NAK@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It really isn’t.

      The whole point of the crate motor vs battery pack was it’s ridiculous to compare the cost of a new battery vs a used engine. If you blow an engine in a regular car it’s replaced with s used one, even if it’s covered by warranty. Used battery packs will get cheaper with time, especially 8 years from now when the warranty on a new EV is done.

      Good for you that your car hasn’t broken yet. I have a friend who got a bad transmission in her Subaru, it was replaced after something like 500 miles. Are you claiming that every new ICE vehicle that had ever been sold have had 100% working drive trains for the entirety of the restraint period?

      Or are you comparing your anecdotal experience with a FUD news story about one person who had a lemon of a vehicle that happened to be electric