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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
At least I could cut a check to replace my leaf battery.
People are going to have to mortgage their house, or take out a loan against their retirement, or a loan against the car it's self to pay for a replacement battery.
Then if you take a loan out against the car that will require full insurance, which can double the price of the loan.
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It is very unlikely that a new EV with a liquid cooled/heated battery will ever need replacement. That active battery management prevents the heat issues that kill the Leaf battery. New EVs also have much greater range so the battery should be cycled lighter which also helps battery life. Then there is the fact that new EVs have such large batteries that even with the battery capacity depleted to 50% they still have a useful range. A Bolt with 50% of original range still goes 50% farther than my Spark did when new.