When the battery pack kaaks, do this: https://myroadnews.com/news-features/cummins-diesel-swapped-tesla-model-3-is-gonna-make-a-lot-of-people-mad/ Perhaps with an MB OM engine instead though ...
On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 1:06 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I hear new Tesla car batteries are like $25k, maybe this one is smaller or > something so maybe not that much but still very expensive. If you go > through MB it would be insane, Tesla might not sell it directly. I wonder > if a newer style battery pack could replace the original for more capacity, > or if an aftermarket shop could rebuild it such when it kakks. Still > spendy. > > In any case that car as it sits, depending on battery capacity now and > projected longevity is probably not worth much more than $4k to drive until > it can’t. Then maybe it becomes an interesting project. See Hoovie’s recent > Cartrek experience with an older Tesla. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Dec 28, 2021, at 12:51 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > On 2021-12-28 12:42, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >> 87 miles seems ludicrous given the range for new EVs starts at 275 > miles. > > > > 80-100 was good range back around 2015. > > Outdated EVs with weak batteries are like outdated smartphones with weak > batteries. > > Nobody wants to use them as-is, and nobody wants to pay a mechanic to > install a new battery. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
