EV List Lackey via EV wrote:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-owners-bill-battery-damaged-ev-
scotland-weather-2023-10
or https://v.gd/yIsSe4
Ouch. That price, $21k, seems a tad pricey.
Regrettably the article is sorely lacking in detail...
One solution for the EV owner is leasing the battery, if not the car.
Battery leasing is pretty common in the industrial EV market. There are
service companies that lease batteries for golf carts, fork lifts, etc.
Companies often "can't be bothered" with maintaining their batteries
themselves, and don't want "surprise" bills when one fails unexpectedly.
So they pay a monthly fee to the service company, who guarantees they'll
always have good batteries.
A golf course near me used this plan. The service company came in once a
month to check, water, and clean the batteries, and replaced any that
were getting weak. I bought the used ones from them cheap, and used them
in my ComutaVan.
Likewise, when my wife worked at a hospital, they had a service company
that blindly replaced their big UPS batteries every 3 years, no matter
what. By talking to them, I was able to get the "pulls" for scrap
prices. :-)
Lee
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I am thankful to all of those who said "no" to me. It's because of them
that I did it myself. -- Albert Einstein
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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