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Hunting around for a 10kWh pack and it occurs to me as I trawl the breakers, apart from us DIY lot (relatively not that many), who is going to buy a less than 5yr old salvage battery (or motor or inverter) ?
With a 5-8yr warranty on the battery, battery leases and ultra reliable motors and solid state electronics, who are the customers?
Either someone is driving up the prices (artificially) or there are some dreaming sellers basing their scrap part prices on what it costs to manufacture.
It's not like you can put a dent in it and need a new one, or damage it in a way that would not destroy the rest of the car.
There are static applications but I can't see the cost/benefit of a (e.g) Tesla pack over modern wet cells
In 8 years if someone's EV battery is dead (seems unlikely if there is an 8 year warranty but...), the original battery technology in the car is going to be so far outdated that it is unlikely to be replaced with the original spec.
If my thinking is correct as more EV cars on the road means more hitting the wall/each other, the price of these packs is going to plummet and shortly.
Any (on topic
please) thoughts?
Hunting around for a 10kWh pack and it occurs to me as I trawl the breakers, apart from us DIY lot (relatively not that many), who is going to buy a less than 5yr old salvage battery (or motor or inverter) ?
With a 5-8yr warranty on the battery, battery leases and ultra reliable motors and solid state electronics, who are the customers?
Either someone is driving up the prices (artificially) or there are some dreaming sellers basing their scrap part prices on what it costs to manufacture.
It's not like you can put a dent in it and need a new one, or damage it in a way that would not destroy the rest of the car.
There are static applications but I can't see the cost/benefit of a (e.g) Tesla pack over modern wet cells
In 8 years if someone's EV battery is dead (seems unlikely if there is an 8 year warranty but...), the original battery technology in the car is going to be so far outdated that it is unlikely to be replaced with the original spec.
If my thinking is correct as more EV cars on the road means more hitting the wall/each other, the price of these packs is going to plummet and shortly.
Any (on topic