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Originally Posted by Daschicken
HOLY ****
A new battery for the 2019 Kona is THIRTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
https://www.hyundaioempartsdirect.co...ystem--battery
For better or for worse, I predict a lot of these electric cars will have much shorter cradle to grave lifespans than a typical gas/hybrid. More new technology on the road, sure, but at what point is short life more wasteful than longer life lower efficiency?
I used to see a TON of G1 nissan leaves around, almost none of them out and about now, not sure where they went.
Parts list is kind of vague, but it appears that a 2011 leaf battery is $5790. |
There are positives and negatives with going with an advanced actively temperature controlled battery. The positive is that the battery lasts a lot longer especially if you do a lot of DC fast charging. The negative is that a more advanced battery costs more.
I'm sure a lot of that difference is volume related. Nissan has sold 300K 1st Gen Leafs and made one replacement pack that fits them all.
Lets say an EV battery only lasts the 100K miles it is warrantied for.
2020 Mini Signature is $26400
It looks like a 10 year old Mini is worth about $5000 so that is $21,400 in depreciation.
100,000 / 31 mpg X $2.50 = $8064 for gas
$430 for a maintenance every 12 months = $4,300
$21,400 + $8064 + $4300 = $33,764 over 10 years / 100K miles
A Mini EV signature is $30,000
We'll say it is worth $0 at the end of 10 years
It is rated at 3.25 miles per KWh so that is 100K / 3.25 x 0.12 = $3692 for electricity.
$100 for a new cabin air filter every 20K miles
So $30,000 + $3692 + $100 = $33,792
So the EV still breaks even with the gasser without any subsidies and assuming gas stays cheap and the EV isn't even worth scrap value at the end of 10 years.