We've been seeing and hearing a lot about crashed electric vehicles in the news lately - including some of the very first crashed and written off Tesla Cybertrucks. But one thing that keeps coming up again and again in video comments and in discussion forums is the thorny topic of why so many electric vehicles are being written off compared to internal combustion engine vehicles. The short answer? It's complicated. The long answer? Well, it's not quite as clear-cut as you might think, because modern vehicles -- regardless of their type - are more expensive to repair than cars of days done by. So today, we're doing a deep dive, explaining some of the reasons why cars are written off - and the three particular challenges that exist for electric vehicles. 00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - EVs are getting written off for less than gas cars 02:25 - Nikki's personal experience with write-offs 04:05 - ALl modern vehicles are more complex than they used to be - and that affects repairability 05:08 - The three big reasons Evs get written off 05:48 - Tesla Cybertrucks - difficulty to repair body panels. 07:20 - CFRP 09:00 - The problems of parts availability 11:28 - Unkown battery pack damage - usually just suspsected damage 15:15 - So why do written-off EVs end up back on the road? 16:05 - Insurance adjusters don't get a lot of time to evaluate cars 17:14 - Can you stop your vehicle being written off? 18:03 - Thanks, and Goodbye! Watch what to do in the event of an electric car accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x24YlLcj-lA Presenter, Script, Audio: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Camera, Editor, Colorist: M. Horton Art and Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield © Transport Evolved LLC, 2024Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC675NhQ4EU5TzwCMwYp5XCw/join This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/ Follow the show on PeerTube: [email protected] Use the TE Aptera referral code - i.refs.cc/zz56EbIi - but watch our explainer video FIRST: https://youtu.be/mwzwEssgqNI Sign up for EnergySage at https://www.energysage.com/p/transportevolved