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you can replace a tesla battery pack for 12K (after the warranty expires at 120K miles or 8 years), which i would imagine is probably be close to/less than the
by misiti3780 6y ago
you can replace a tesla battery pack for 12K (after the warranty expires at 120K miles or 8 years), which i would imagine is probably be close to/less than the maintenance costs of a ICE vehicle after 120K miles/8 years
- carlmr 6y agoBut if it's similar to the maintenance cost, you've not gained anything on the initial cost differential. Making it still the worse investment.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoYou can get a four year old ICE car with 40K miles for ~$12K, so that’s probably too much to spend on maintaining a much older car (unless you’re sentimental about it).
- schmorptron 6y agoDo you think they'll still be making the batteries for an 8 year old car then? Ideally you'd be able to swap a newer battery that is better in some way in then, and maybe even have it a little cheaper than it is today if battery tech continues to get better, gonna be interesting to see how that plays out.