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It should be better but Tesla has been making it worse.
The Model Y has a structural battery pack. That is the battery is integral to the car, and filled with an almost impossible to remove foam. It is unrepairable and un replaceable. Musk has said when the battery dies, you scrap the entire car and they recycle the lithium from the scrap.
You’re conflating Tesla with “EVs”. Simply don’t buy a Tesla if that’s what you want.
Given Tesla’s market share, your claim that easily replaced batteries is “typical” isn’t accurate. A large percentage isn’t replaceable so it’s something consumers should consider when choosing a brand.
Tesla is one of dozens of brands. So no.
Yes but we weren’t discussing “choosing a brand”, we were discussing EVs.
Tesla is 50% of all EV’s sold. So, yes.
That’s the point! You presented “swap a new battery” as obvious to the the OP when it’s not obvious. You have to first pick a brand that allows that. Model Y was first with structural battery but others like Volvo and BMW are coming soon.
Right so then “EVs”= “Tesla”? That’s the argument you want to go with?
I didn’t present anything as obvious. Just a matter of fact.
…which is easy enough?
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I specifically DIDN’T say that! You said this:
You didn’t qualify that with “only if you buy a model that doesn’t have a structural battery.”
Volvo and BMW are coming soon.
https://www.sae.org/news/2023/01/bmw-future-batteries---ulrich
https://www.just-auto.com/news/volvo-plans-to-make-battery-pack-part-of-body-structure/?cf-view
GM too:
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/understanding-structural-ev-batteries-2021-07-23/
Yes that’s exactly my point.
That’s how batteries are made today. They’re still perfectly serviceable. Tesla’s batteries aren’t serviceable because they’re filled with impenetrable foam.
So your argument has been that you agreed with me the entire time? Ok.