rjstractor
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Twentyish years ago there was lots of similar screeching and wailing about the potential cost of replacing a battery in a hybrid vehicle. At the time "no one in their right mind" would by a Prius since the battery would only last 50,000 miles and Toyota would charge upwards of $7000 to replace it. As it turns out, hybrid batteries often last 200,000 miles or more and the aftermarket has lessened the cost of replacement, around $2K.
Electric vehicles are no different. There will be isolated cases of batteries failing, of course, and along with those there will be instances of unlucky owners having to shell out thousands for out of pocket repairs. Not much different than those unlucky early 6.7 Ford diesel owners who have had injector pumps fail, or 6.4 owners who have had turbo failures, the list goes on.
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time2roll
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What does it cost when you bust a rod on that dragster when you are 50,000 miles out of warranty?
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Turtle n Peeps
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Just how much does a battery cost when they go bad?
Just go to this link and find out. Break out another few $10,000 and then some!
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Dadoffourgirls
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free radical wrote:...
Why isnt Marry Barra investigated by SEC for lying to shareholders by claiming GM to be number one in EV production?
Where and when did Mary publicly announce - interview, press conference, twitter, facebook, etc - that GM is the number one in EV production?
You are living up to your name. Please provide evidence.
Remember - GM did deliver EV pickups and EV full size vans in the US last year (2021). GM never promised a semi. GM did deliver a pickup. Where is the **** truck?
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8.1 Van
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Quote:BYD Receives US' Largest Electric Truck Order From Einride
All vehicles will be produced locally at BYD's assembly plant in Lancaster, California.
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BenK
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Because the LA area continues to grow and that includes automotive growth
More auto that spew less per still totals a lot
thomasmnile wrote:snip...
Legitimate, serious question. CARB has existed, along with their other worldly regulations for what, a half century, yet video during outdoor sporting events in the LA area I periodically see on TV, the air is still brown. Why? Everyone's not riding around in 50's era Fords & Chevy's, so what gives?
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thomasmnile
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time2roll wrote:Groover wrote:"If your groceries cost more blame your oil producers for creating fake news about oil shortage to justify raising fuel prices."
The price of oil going up is almost entirely due to politics. If you doubt that look at how much fuel costs in California vs the rest of the country and try to come up with a different explanation. However, we are not supposed to get political here so that is all that I am going to say on the subject. The high cost in CA is for reduced air pollution, ground water protection etc. Also CA has no connection to the TX and east coast pipeline grid so oil and fuel must take a longer route to import at again a higher cost. Some is political requirements due to unique geography that traps the air pollutants and some is logistics.
Looking forward to the Semi for reducing the air pollution even more.
Legitimate, serious question. CARB has existed, along with their other worldly regulations for what, a half century, yet video during outdoor sporting events in the LA area I periodically see on TV, the air is still brown. Why? Everyone's not riding around in 50's era Fords & Chevy's, so what gives?
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Yosemite Sam1
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Groover wrote:"If your groceries cost more blame your oil producers for creating fake news about oil shortage to justify raising fuel prices."
The price of oil going up is almost entirely due to politics. If you doubt that look at how much fuel costs in California vs the rest of the country and try to come up with a different explanation. However, we are not supposed to get political here so that is all that I am going to say on the subject.
Yeah, it's not political, it's ideological. CA, just like what they did to cigarettes, taxing it to death and banning all smoking in public places, is cleaning up the air and thus credited with reducing heart attack, cancer death and asthma sufferings on its citizens. It will be prohibiting sale of ICE cars in 2030 or 2035 thereabouts.
LA has been successful in cleaning up the air -- that the joke, Los Angelenos don't trust the air they don't see, is no longer true.
Well, unlike other states where people are freezing to death with their lax regulations on power companies and gas suppliers.
To each his own.
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time2roll
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Groover wrote:"If your groceries cost more blame your oil producers for creating fake news about oil shortage to justify raising fuel prices."
The price of oil going up is almost entirely due to politics. If you doubt that look at how much fuel costs in California vs the rest of the country and try to come up with a different explanation. However, we are not supposed to get political here so that is all that I am going to say on the subject. The high cost in CA is for reduced air pollution, ground water protection etc. Also CA has no connection to the TX and east coast pipeline grid so oil and fuel must take a longer route to import at again a higher cost. Some is political requirements due to unique geography that traps the air pollutants and some is logistics.
Looking forward to the Semi for reducing the air pollution even more.
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