• @YoBuckStopsHere
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    41 year ago

    Soon all electrical vehicles will have this same issue. You’ll be spending $10K every 7-10 years replacing the battery, but you won’t replace the vehicle itself.

    • @AA5B
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      You’ll be spending $10K every 7-10 years replacing the battery

      They already last reliably more than ten years and should keep improving.

      but you won’t replace the vehicle itself.

      Why not? I just replaced my 7 year old vehicle with an EV. When I drove it again, it was really noticeable how the seats were worn, suspension loosened up, the rattles and squeaks, the dings and mars. The rest of the car ages too, plus technology keeps improving, so why would you expect people to keep EVs longer than they currently keep their vehicle?

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      To add to it, there will also be companies that will buy the used battery, so the outset cost of a new one won’t be as painful.

      For example, saw a good one that buys used car batteries and stacks them to make grid batteries.

    • Hypx
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      21 year ago

      Which is why BEVs aren’t the future.

      • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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        11 year ago

        If we’re updating the autodrive hardware that often, it might be worth it to up cycle every few generations. But one or two battery replacements might be worth it.

    • @Blue_Morpho
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      21 year ago

      The Model Y uses a structural battery pack that can’t be replaced. It forces the car to be recycled instead of repaired.

      • @YoBuckStopsHere
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        31 year ago

        That’s a consumer choice I suggest you don’t make.

    • @jimmydoreisaleftyOP
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      11 year ago

      Yes, if electric cars keep being bought and public transportation stays the same.

      Similar to hybrid costs it seems.

      • @YoBuckStopsHere
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        21 year ago

        I think eventually electric vehicles will vehicles networked and operated by a public / private partnership where the need of a private vehicle is greatly diminished. You would just callup a vehicle for pickup and set the destination. Depending on the vehicle plan you subscribe to, the vehicle might have other passengers or be a private vehicle driven by a AI pilot. This program would offset the cost of batteries, remove the need for large parking lots, and make travel far more efficient.

        • Hypx
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          41 year ago

          You basically just reinvented the bus/taxi…

          • @YoBuckStopsHere
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            31 year ago

            A modern take on it, yes. Someone far more people will use than buses or taxis.

        • @jimmydoreisaleftyOP
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          11 year ago

          That does seem to be the possible route we are going toward!

          Comma AI and AI Pilot are really interesting stuff!

          Thank you for explaining!

          • @YoBuckStopsHere
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            51 year ago

            Probably 50 years from now, but joining say the COSTCO CAR CLUB or something really makes sense. Groceries delivered to your home as well as other shopping also makes sense. I see a future where owning a car is no longer required.

            • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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              I leave the house like four times a month. Random times. Doctor appointments usually. Been thinking about getting a class 2 ebike. If my Costco membership got me access to a robocar? X miles a month per membership level? That’d be hella sweet.

        • @DoomBot5
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          -11 year ago

          That’s until the AI goes rogue and starts killing people. Then you have to go on a mission to retrieve all the rogue vehicles.

          • @YoBuckStopsHere
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            11 year ago

            Hopefully they design a system which follows certain safety codes.

            • @DoomBot5
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              -11 year ago

              I was making a cyberpunk 2077 reference, but most people seem to have missed it.