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Originally Posted by ardvark
I worked in a vehicle refurb place not so long back.
We had an Email telling us about the way of jacking electric cars up and damaging the batteries. They said in most cases the cost of replacing the battery bank was more than the cost of the rest of the car.
Wait until the public realize the cost of replacing the battery bank on a used electric car. They would'nt touch used electric cars with a barge pole.
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EV battery units are quite expensive but probably no more than a new engine from a manufacturer in some cases. The IMI do different levels of EV training, level 2 and you can make the vehicle safe, Level 3 and you can make safe and replace components. Level 4 means you can then safely strip the battery module assembly. This is probably as dangerous as it gets from the tech point of view but it means you can take the 360 volt battery apart and replace a damaged cell rather than the full assembly. Therefore it’s only a matter of time until cell replacement negates the need for battery replacement.
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