it’s real. but it is not the norm. some of the context is in this piece
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I was astounded initially that it could be replaced at all. The specialty battery company's item may well be one of a kind...it’s real. but it is not the norm. some of the context is in this piece
Is This Estimate for a Chevy Volt Hybrid Battery Replacement Real?
According to a viral picture, an estimate for Roger Dean Chevrolet showed a price of nearly $30,000 to replace a hybrid battery on a Chevy Volt.
You can just about buy a new Corolla hybrid for that moneyit’s real. but it is not the norm. some of the context is in this piece
Is This Estimate for a Chevy Volt Hybrid Battery Replacement Real?
According to a viral picture, an estimate for Roger Dean Chevrolet showed a price of nearly $30,000 to replace a hybrid battery on a Chevy Volt.
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I saw that this morning. High maintenance costs coupled with low demand is a financial disaster waiting to happen.
My money says the Hertz EV's are getting into more crashes because the people who rent them take them out to "see what she'll do."
We could probably take some lessons from Norway. I remembered years ago a trip with a group to ski in Steamboat Springs. Liz and I had forgone skiing at Keystone near Frisco City, because I was concerned about the weather. Well, the blizzard did hit and we had to drive the 95 miles through it, punctuated by an exciting event about midway, when I found myself driving backwards at around 45 mph. We made Steamboat, but some of the group got blocked at the pass and spent the night in a school on cots. Anyway, the next day, the temps plunged to -47F. In our shared condo, I went down the steps to the living room around 8:00. The local crawler channel was on and had the Celsius and Fahrenheit temps on either side - -40 on each. I just commented that I didn't know that. Then, one of the other guys said that, if I'd gotten up earlier, I could have seen -47F. Now for the batteries - one of the guys took the battery out of their rental vehicle and took it into the condo. Only that car moved for four days...
I would love to know why you were driving backwards at 45 mph. That’s stunt driving few are capable of.
I think Hybrids are probably the 'bridge' we need, and may well be the best long-term solution in places that get very cold. There's simply no way to avoid the efficiency loss in cold weather with current battery tech.
I’ve seen some stories about this happening in Canada. Not sure about the model but Tesla is the most popular so it will be the most common.
i'm just wondering if it is more of a localized equipment/charger issue or not. we had ridiculously cold temps across the us and this is the only story i saw about widespread issues.
Plug-in hybrids seem like the best answer today.
Driving from Frisco City up to Steamboat we had to drive through a blizzard, me with my goggles on in the car, we came out of it at Krimmel. I got a little too feisty on snowpack and a pavement breakage near the right side caught my right front tire. and we started a slow gradual fishtail. Liz told me later that I talked to myself the whole maneuver. Gradually, finally, we did a slow 180 and were then proceeding backwards at around 45. I coasted to a slow stop and trembled violently. The first night in Steamboat, the low was -47, so there was no skiing that day!
