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As an EV owner I am concerned about the eventual battery death of my car, but the two Honda Civics that I owned prior to my Tesla both started breaking down and
by alwijrteilj 3y ago
As an EV owner I am concerned about the eventual battery death of my car, but the two Honda Civics that I owned prior to my Tesla both started breaking down and were more expensive to repair than to replace after ten years. The vast majority of ICE vehicles built today aren't designed to last more than ten years.
On top of that, your numbers literally don't add up. If a replacement battery costs >$25K, and that is "sometimes more than 25% the cost of the car", that would mean EVs cost well over $100K, which the vast majority do not. And if you can point me to reputable repair shop that can "totally rebuild" a 10yo Ford or Honda for <$2K, I'll go jump off a cliff.