Well, once the warranty runs out, there's nothing "unauthorized" about it. That's 96 months or 100K miles - a long ways off for me. However, it might be a challenge to figure out how to interface an aftermarket pack.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jukka Järvinen Sent: 25 June, 2013 10:58 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: $100/mo Leaf Battery Replacement Plan It would be fun business to provide superior upgrades to Leaf and others as a unauthorized rogue provider :D "We're just fixing the obviously bad engineering" -akkuJukka http://www.google.com/profiles/jarviju#about 2013/6/25 Peri Hartman <[email protected]> > Hmm. My mistake. > > But someone said recently that Tesla is getting their pack cost down to > $100/kwh. So, even if Nissan claims a $10K cost, there might eventually be > much cheaper aftermarket packs for, say, $3K-$5K. Possible? > > Peri > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Rick Beebe > Sent: 25 June, 2013 6:57 AM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: $100/mo Leaf Battery Replacement Plan > > You don't have it right. That was the price for a replacement Prius > pack. I would guess a Leaf pack is more like $10-15k. > > --Rick > > On 06/25/2013 09:43 AM, Peri Hartman wrote: > > So, let's see if I got this right. The replacement pack actually costs > > 2,299 + 1,350 = $3649. And in reality, you should be able to get the > core > > value back, getting the net price closer to $3K. > > > > At $100/month, 3649 would be about 36 months. I suppose for people in > > Arizona, one could come out ahead. But then again, that's at today's > > battery prices. Seems like taking the risk and replacing with new > > technology three years later would be a better deal. > > > > Peri > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > Of brucedp5 > > Sent: 25 June, 2013 3:43 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: $100/mo Leaf Battery Replacement Plan > > > [...] > > > > When the first 2001 Toyota Prius hybrid was launched in the U.S. in late > > 2000, the cost of a replacement pack was just under $10,000. > > > > More than a decade later, with volume efficiencies, that price has fallen > by > > a factor of four, to $2,299 after a "core credit" of $1,350 for turning > in > > the old battery pack to be recycled. > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130625/1221e34a /attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
