Tesla Battery Gossip cut n paste
As Florida residents fled Hurricane Irma over the weekend, some Tesla owners got a little surprise from the auto maker to help them get out of the danger zone. On Saturday, Tesla began pushing a so...
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The man did not ask the correct question...
"I've asked the Tesla rep several times regarding the replacement cost of a Model S battery . . . he keeps saying $12,000 . . . which IMHO is more than reasonable. However, I've noticed on various other posts that the battery cost was more like 1/2 the cost the the car. I'm starting to wonder if the $12,000 that he quoted me was future replacement expected cost (i.e.. in 10 years after construction/production of the Gigawatt Factory). I just want to know that if I damage my battery today, what it would cost to replace it. Thanks all . . .
Out-the-door, what will a battery replacement cost me?
There is labor, there is a "handling charge" SURPRISE! on the battery and a puny eight percent tax is = NINE HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS
(Smile showing 39 teeth). Extracts 10" cigar from mouth, brushes off his violet herringbone jacket and says "Now this baby is special! It was owned by (a member of a prominent religious order) and driven only to the Whole Foods Store on Saturdays. Then it went home and was promptly plugged-back-in" The salesman desperately tries to keep the young couple's attention diverted while Sammy-The-Programmer slips away after hacking the odometer on yet another driven-only-on-Saturday-Special.
I'm glaaaaad I'm old and won't have to run this gauntlet - the one where the DW drags herself back through the front door and announces something that takes on a whole new meaning "Honey the car we bought last month won't go"
"I've asked the Tesla rep several times regarding the replacement cost of a Model S battery . . . he keeps saying $12,000 . . . which IMHO is more than reasonable. However, I've noticed on various other posts that the battery cost was more like 1/2 the cost the the car. I'm starting to wonder if the $12,000 that he quoted me was future replacement expected cost (i.e.. in 10 years after construction/production of the Gigawatt Factory). I just want to know that if I damage my battery today, what it would cost to replace it. Thanks all . . .
Out-the-door, what will a battery replacement cost me?
There is labor, there is a "handling charge" SURPRISE! on the battery and a puny eight percent tax is = NINE HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS
(Smile showing 39 teeth). Extracts 10" cigar from mouth, brushes off his violet herringbone jacket and says "Now this baby is special! It was owned by (a member of a prominent religious order) and driven only to the Whole Foods Store on Saturdays. Then it went home and was promptly plugged-back-in" The salesman desperately tries to keep the young couple's attention diverted while Sammy-The-Programmer slips away after hacking the odometer on yet another driven-only-on-Saturday-Special.
I'm glaaaaad I'm old and won't have to run this gauntlet - the one where the DW drags herself back through the front door and announces something that takes on a whole new meaning "Honey the car we bought last month won't go"
