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Same thing happens when the power train of an ice goes out, ins about the same time as the expected battery death as well. The greater majority of ice vehicles don’t last decades either
What drive train costs $18k before labor?
Also I can rebuild an engine or transmission to save even more money.
I can't rebuild a battery in my garage.
I'm not opposed to EVs, but no one seems to be concerned about the maintenance once these things get old.
Battery banks are closed to 10k for most, engine and tranny easily run 7k for parts and you have to factor in costs of oil and gas for them over that decade lifespan.
So few people are capable of at-home engine or tranny rebuilds that it isn’t even a realistic consideration statistically
The problem is a drive train failure is a total failure. It either works at a 100% or not at all. A battery deteriorates non-linearly over time. So while you might have to replace both at the same time, the battery has had less effective use.
But a car that now only does 20 miles vs 200 before needing charge is still plenty usable for groceries or many work commutes while you save/wait for replacement, an ice power train failure means absolute dead lump of metal.
A car won't be driving if it only has 20 miles. That'd be a battery failure that prevents the car from operating.
200 becomes 190, 180, 170 ... 140.
At least on a Tesla below 140 would be covered under the 8 year warranty as that's more degradation than should happen (unless you're over mileage)
It'll keep going down from there, but there's a point where the battery just won't function properly with the car anymore due to voltages or something to do with the level of battery degradation.
So hypothetically when it's hit 100, it won't be able to accelerate properly anymore making it no longer viable as a car battery.
At that point you could maybe go into a secondary life as stationary storage which has less demands, or recycle it.