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bigmike20vt said:
i am banking on that not happening. but i expect if i had a £70k range rover and the cambelt failed on the motorway and trashed the engine just out of warranty, it may put me off the car, but its not like it would force me away from ICE vehicles in general.

however as i understand it, it is possible to replace sections of the ipace battery so i believe (famous last words) the odds are in my favour.
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I got rid of my diesel with egf,dpf and DSG issues because not only was the repair expensive it's was going to reoccur. It also didn't suit my use anymore.

Got rid of my Honda due to repair costs and the cost of insurance. Also theft Risk.

Lots of different reasons.
 
Simon said:
Whoosh. The point was it seemed ok to just replace the battery
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Whoosh, people do the same with ICE vehicles so what is the problem. Buy a new car, battery, secondhand battery or part of a battery compare that to buying a new engine, second hand engine, parts of an engine.
 
Simon said:
Where ?
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www.secondlife-evbatteries.com

Second Life EV Batteries Ltd - Used electric car (EV) batteries- Tesla

We sell used electric car (EV) batteries. Tesla, BMW i3, Nissan Leaf, Jaguar ipace & more. Reuse, Recycle & REPURPOSE is the ethos of Second Life EV Batteries Ltd.
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www.evbreakers.com

EV Breakers - Vehicle Breakers - Dismantlers & Used Parts Specialists

UK based vehicle breaker & dismantler - Buy car spares and have parts delivered worldwide.
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Electric and hybrid salvage vehicles – SYNETIQ

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Need any more?
 
there are a load on ebay as well.... i cant check now but iirc an ipace battery is around £8500.

not cheap by any stretch but neither would an engine for a car with similar marque to my EV

and again that is assuming complete failure. in truth, because my ability at car maintenance does not go much beyond checking tyres and fluids a complete replacement battery WILL mean i sell the car.

I would not even entertain doing it myself and hourly rates at garages are mental.................. but again, that would also be the case i suspect if my (fictional) Maserati ICE car had a spectacular failure as well.
 
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An episode on electric classic cars, Richard stated that when the tesla batteries and motors come up for auction they tend to fetch now money than a new set.
But you can't buy a new set from tesla, so captive audience
 
eBay, brilliant, good luck finding someone who will actually fit that. Swapping engines is bad enough.

Google mechanics out in force today
 
m4rmite said:
An episode on electric classic cars, Richard stated that when the tesla batteries and motors come up for auction they tend to fetch now money than a new set.
But you can't buy a new set from tesla, so captive audience
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Same with Cleevley and the leaf upgrade. He can’t get batteries
 
m4rmite said:
www.secondlife-evbatteries.com

Second Life EV Batteries Ltd - Used electric car (EV) batteries- Tesla

We sell used electric car (EV) batteries. Tesla, BMW i3, Nissan Leaf, Jaguar ipace & more. Reuse, Recycle & REPURPOSE is the ethos of Second Life EV Batteries Ltd.
www.secondlife-evbatteries.com www.secondlife-evbatteries.com

www.evbreakers.com

EV Breakers - Vehicle Breakers - Dismantlers & Used Parts Specialists

UK based vehicle breaker & dismantler - Buy car spares and have parts delivered worldwide.
www.evbreakers.com www.evbreakers.com

Electric and hybrid salvage vehicles – SYNETIQ

www.synetiq.co.uk www.synetiq.co.uk
Need any more?
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The comment was buy a repaired or refurbished one. I don’t see a refurbished one ?

Have you asked about shipping and fitting yet ?

Not really sustainable either. Rely on a crashed car to replace a broken battery with a second hand one with unknown history
 
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tonys said:
The anti EV's just don't see the similarities, just the fact it's an EV.
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Not really. More that some people seem to think that EVs have solved inherent ICE issues and then come out with stuff like 'all you need to do to get the range and performance back to how it was when it was new is fit a new battery'.

That isn't a Haynes one spanner level of job, nor is it a cheap one. It's at least on par with replacing an engine in an ICE car. What do you think that does to it's performance and economy?
 
amazing. Link to repurpose batteries as a source for a car battery when the whole pretence of their business is batteries no longer fit for automotive use!!

Can’t make this up.
 
Simon said:
Earlier it was really easy to fix a battery pack ?

Do you mean the battery cell module or pack when you say a battery is plug and play ?
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If a battery is just bolt on and plug in surely that is easier than all the stuff needed to be done on an ICE vehicle. A module replacement would take longer depending on how the pack was designed obviously. Sarcasm really goes over people's heads sometimes
 
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