The batteries don't need replacing, after the 8 yr warranty, unless you really rack up the kms. Simply don't have full capacity, which I believe is warranted to about 80%. Even then, replacing the cells of the pack, may be sufficient to recover capacity, as 1 bad cell will affect the others. As far as buying 1 used, surely the specs & capacity test would be the first thing advertised. No different than any other electronics (laptop / phone) purchase.lindosfan1 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:54 pmThat is another problem would you buy a secondhand car, how much has the battery quality dropped. It costs thousandshhinner wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:58 pm Just curious. Car values obviously drop over their lifetimes. But how do the batteries affect the value of EVs? If batteries need replacing after say 8 years, how is the value affected as the car's age approaches 7 then 8 years? Then how is it going to be affected when the batteries have just been replaced after 8 years? As with ICE cars, will the resale value differ in different markets?
to replace, would you buy a second hand car when the most expensive component is the battery
Saw one vid. of Tesla after 4 yrs, and only lost 2% of battery capacity. Impressive I thought. The electric motors themselves, would probably outlast the rest of the car or me, at my age. Even if replacing the whole battery pack, the used one could be utilized use elsewhere, maybe as a bank for a solar system. Everyone should be going solar anyway, and more battery banks the better, for that overcast rainy season. It's still a rechargeable battery, even at 70-60-50% of 50kWh, that's a lot of juice. Would easily run a small house for 1 or 3 days, as presently I use approx. 20kWh a day, 600 PEA units a month on average @ about ฿2700. Most I know use less. Beats running a generator on brown outs, or power outage.
