Tesla Owner Blows Up Car After Discovering Cost To Fix Battery

[Dan64]

Oh, the humanity...

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They should of had him narrate the video, could have gotten YouTubes first "Silver Sow" award.

 

[BeatersRus]

More frustration with EV’s. A $100,000.00+ car is virtually worthless when it's time to replace the battery.

Go to the 6:20 mark of the video...the slo-mo of the explosion is awesome.


https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/tesla-owner-blows-car-after-discovering-cost-fix-battery

meh,i have no sorrow for this owner.
owner clearly didnt bother exploring the internet,or he would have found this.
Tesla wanted him to pay $22500 to replace a battery pack, we did it for 75% less!

 

[Durandal25]

I think that this is the ultimate Achilles heel of electric cars. The battery was 20k Euros....so like 30k US. That does not include the deal BS needed to get it replaced ect....so in essence, you "must" recycle your car and its value at that time is negative. Screw that. Blow the **** to a million pieces.

 

[Paul_G]

The Prius has been around for a long time now. Are the batteries in those holding up? Or are they all running around on the gas engine now?

 

[Photon440]

So, in American dollars:

Bottom line: the cheapest estimate for an out-of-pocket, uncomplicated battery replacement on the Model S should run at about $12,000-$13,000 for the battery, $100-200 for miscellaneous parts, and $500-600 for labor. This puts the grand total at around $13,000-14,000.

from this site: https://www.findmyelectric.com/blog...puts the grand total at around $13,000-14,000.

 

[ckessel]

I was just thinking earlier this dude must have money oozing out of his pores. Why you ask? Had the money to buy the car. Had the money to make a big production of exploding it using high speed cameras, explosives, pyrotechnics, staging etc etc. Plus his government may come looking for him to pony up for fines.