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Your electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study finds (electrek.co)
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[–] WhereGrapesMayRule@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Nope. My car had not mechanical defects at all but cost $23k to repair when the battery failed.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Your battery wasn’t still under its 10 year / 100000 mile warranty?

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 5 points 11 hours ago

Some people keep their cars for a long time.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago

"fall apart" is a very careful choice of words here.

The battery may fail, individual cells may fail, but it will still be one unit.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

And you saved more on gas and maintenance than the cost of that repair if it happened outside of warranty (which is 10 years on batteries)