$60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 16:09 last edited by
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 17:08 last edited by
@George-K said in $60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!:
Didn't @Klaus buy one of those?
And does he have $41K Euros in the budget for the replacement battery?
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 17:17 last edited by Klaus
I intended to buy one of them. I'm glad I canceled the order and bought a nice BMW gasoline guzzler instead.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 17:22 last edited by
Max battery price on this list $25K USD, not even close to $60K CAD ($44K USD)
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/cost-of-electric-vehicle-batteries/
$15K here
https://www.cars.com/articles/how-much-do-electric-car-batteries-cost-to-replace-465308/
$20K here
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/how-much-do-ev-batteries-cost
I won't be buying anytime soon.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 17:58 last edited by
I know it will never happen, but it would have been nice if, from the beginning, batteries compartments were somehow standardized. Kind of like a light bulb outlet or something like that.
My start up goal was to have a company that provides battery swaps for cars. You never "own" the battery, just "rent" it. Electric cars would be much cheaper to buy, since you dont initially pay for the battery. You would pull into a "battery station" when your charge was down, the discharged battery would be removed, and a fully charged battery would be inserted. Zero charge time. Just like filling up your car with gas. Maybe in a parallel universe, this is happening.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 18:31 last edited by
I think it is clear that current battery technology is no good for the long term. It has to be replaced by the miracle battery.
The miracle battery should be along any day now.
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I know it will never happen, but it would have been nice if, from the beginning, batteries compartments were somehow standardized. Kind of like a light bulb outlet or something like that.
My start up goal was to have a company that provides battery swaps for cars. You never "own" the battery, just "rent" it. Electric cars would be much cheaper to buy, since you dont initially pay for the battery. You would pull into a "battery station" when your charge was down, the discharged battery would be removed, and a fully charged battery would be inserted. Zero charge time. Just like filling up your car with gas. Maybe in a parallel universe, this is happening.
wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 20:58 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in $60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!:
I know it will never happen, but it would have been nice if, from the beginning, batteries compartments were somehow standardized. Kind of like a light bulb outlet or something like that.
My start up goal was to have a company that provides battery swaps for cars. You never "own" the battery, just "rent" it. Electric cars would be much cheaper to buy, since you dont initially pay for the battery. You would pull into a "battery station" when your charge was down, the discharged battery would be removed, and a fully charged battery would be inserted. Zero charge time. Just like filling up your car with gas. Maybe in a parallel universe, this is happening.
I had the exact same idea!
Great minds.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2023, 21:59 last edited by
I think that would be a great idea. Now how do you get the vehicle manufacturers to play nice and agree on a cross board standard?
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@taiwan_girl said in $60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!:
I know it will never happen, but it would have been nice if, from the beginning, batteries compartments were somehow standardized. Kind of like a light bulb outlet or something like that.
My start up goal was to have a company that provides battery swaps for cars. You never "own" the battery, just "rent" it. Electric cars would be much cheaper to buy, since you dont initially pay for the battery. You would pull into a "battery station" when your charge was down, the discharged battery would be removed, and a fully charged battery would be inserted. Zero charge time. Just like filling up your car with gas. Maybe in a parallel universe, this is happening.
I had the exact same idea!
Great minds.
wrote on 18 Dec 2023, 11:51 last edited by@mark said in $60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!:
@taiwan_girl said in $60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!:
I know it will never happen, but it would have been nice if, from the beginning, batteries compartments were somehow standardized. Kind of like a light bulb outlet or something like that.
My start up goal was to have a company that provides battery swaps for cars. You never "own" the battery, just "rent" it. Electric cars would be much cheaper to buy, since you dont initially pay for the battery. You would pull into a "battery station" when your charge was down, the discharged battery would be removed, and a fully charged battery would be inserted. Zero charge time. Just like filling up your car with gas. Maybe in a parallel universe, this is happening.
I had the exact same idea!
Great minds.
I guess is that this would be technically rather challenging. Batteries are very big and very heavy. Getting a huge 700kg battery pack in and out of a car, fixing it such that it is crash-safe - I guess that' difficult. Also, you can't "hide" the batteries anymore in all kinds of places in the car - its design would be very constrained by the replaceable battery.
It's not exactly a novel idea. I think many people tried this already...
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I know it will never happen, but it would have been nice if, from the beginning, batteries compartments were somehow standardized. Kind of like a light bulb outlet or something like that.
My start up goal was to have a company that provides battery swaps for cars. You never "own" the battery, just "rent" it. Electric cars would be much cheaper to buy, since you dont initially pay for the battery. You would pull into a "battery station" when your charge was down, the discharged battery would be removed, and a fully charged battery would be inserted. Zero charge time. Just like filling up your car with gas. Maybe in a parallel universe, this is happening.
wrote on 18 Dec 2023, 12:17 last edited by Doctor Phibes@taiwan_girl said in $60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!:
I know it will never happen, but it would have been nice if, from the beginning, batteries compartments were somehow standardized. Kind of like a light bulb outlet or something like that.
My start up goal was to have a company that provides battery swaps for cars. You never "own" the battery, just "rent" it. Electric cars would be much cheaper to buy, since you dont initially pay for the battery. You would pull into a "battery station" when your charge was down, the discharged battery would be removed, and a fully charged battery would be inserted. Zero charge time. Just like filling up your car with gas. Maybe in a parallel universe, this is happening.
I know I've posted this before, still....
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