Tesla Semi truck unveil & test ride set for Oct 26th !

rjstractor wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
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!

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.

My buddy just replaced his Prius battery the year before last. $5,500 dollars. Only Toyota would touch the thing so no aftermarket option. His girlfriend had the same problem and the same cost.

BTW not even close to 200,000 miles.

BTW, BTW Tusk said he would have battery prices down to 50 to 55 cents a KWH. How did that work out for you buddy?