https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQz4aQjtY0&feature=youtu.be
Maybe not too surprising on this one. I hear the range on these are not great especially if you drive them spiritedly. And given it’s a first gen product on a new tech, no one really knows what these will be worth 5 - 10 years from now.
10 years from now, when new battery tech has made old stuff obsolete they will be worth a fraction. That’s the scary thing about ev. ICE engines never suddenly became 3x more fuel efficient it was a slow and steady march of improvement.
I’m wondering how long it’ll be before a full battery replacement for, let’s say, a Tesla model 3 is sub $5k. If it’s really advancing that fast the “$15k every 10 years for a new battery” stigma should be a non issue.
Tesla Model 3 batteries will be holding up for 15 years, if you get one of the new LFP batteries in the standard-range models you will get 20 years as an absolute minimum. Battery tech in 2013 was a far cry away from what it is now in 2023.
Perhaps that’s part of the strategy with battery improvement. Do it slooooowwwwwly, so as not to take away from what has already been produced and sold.
Nah, that was only really true for the first-gen stuff. Battery tech is mature at this point. A 2016 Hyundai Ioniq EV for example is worth about twice as much as a 2016 Renault Zoe EV, difference was the design on the Ioniq was much more mature and closer to modern EVs, so it has held its value really well in comparison.
Look at the values of used Chevrolet Bolts for example, a 6-year-old one is still worth $16k even though they can be had for $26k brand-new excluding the $7500 tax credit.