Ihopethisworks
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Hi all=)
This post is referring to the eGolf only.
So, I am wondering... say you get 8years and 80k miles on your EV, and then you just have to replace the batteries.
Say, that the original cost of the vehicle was 15k.
Then you find that it costs 10-15k to replace the batteries.
So you spent 15k for 80k miles, and when you replace the batteries it costs you another 15k. You then get another 90k becausr battery technology has improved.
You just got 170k miles from your car and the car cost 30k. Battery tech and lifespan should improve over time, so the costs and mileage limits on then should both improve also.
How long is the rest of the car going to last?
I understand shocks, tires, brakes... but what else really needs maintenance and how long car you expect the rest of the car to last?
I am assuming that, since ICEs are also put into most of the EVs(except Teslas) that the rest of the car will last like a normal gasoline version. 200k-500k. But you wont have as much other bs breaking causing bills with an EV because there are fewer parts to go bad?
My gasoline vehicle has 122k miles, and I have had to replace a waterpump, 2 starters, a fuel pump, belts, fluids. Eventually other parts will go out adding more costs.
Are there simply fewer parts to go bad? Do you have to change fluids in parts like transmission, axels, powersteering, etc just like an ICE vehicle? Is the maintenance of an ev(except the motor) less than an ICE?
People spend 30k-90k, or more, on ICE vehicles. So why not use the incentives and rebates to get a brand new EV for 15k ish, and then just buy new batteries until you get into the hundreds of thousands of miles?
This post is referring to the eGolf only.
So, I am wondering... say you get 8years and 80k miles on your EV, and then you just have to replace the batteries.
Say, that the original cost of the vehicle was 15k.
Then you find that it costs 10-15k to replace the batteries.
So you spent 15k for 80k miles, and when you replace the batteries it costs you another 15k. You then get another 90k becausr battery technology has improved.
You just got 170k miles from your car and the car cost 30k. Battery tech and lifespan should improve over time, so the costs and mileage limits on then should both improve also.
How long is the rest of the car going to last?
I understand shocks, tires, brakes... but what else really needs maintenance and how long car you expect the rest of the car to last?
I am assuming that, since ICEs are also put into most of the EVs(except Teslas) that the rest of the car will last like a normal gasoline version. 200k-500k. But you wont have as much other bs breaking causing bills with an EV because there are fewer parts to go bad?
My gasoline vehicle has 122k miles, and I have had to replace a waterpump, 2 starters, a fuel pump, belts, fluids. Eventually other parts will go out adding more costs.
Are there simply fewer parts to go bad? Do you have to change fluids in parts like transmission, axels, powersteering, etc just like an ICE vehicle? Is the maintenance of an ev(except the motor) less than an ICE?
People spend 30k-90k, or more, on ICE vehicles. So why not use the incentives and rebates to get a brand new EV for 15k ish, and then just buy new batteries until you get into the hundreds of thousands of miles?
