Dealership Quotes $30,000 to Replace Battery in a $10,000 Chevrolet Volt

[Steve753]

3 minutes ago, EvilBird said:

I wonder what has a better chance of burning up? My Polaris Axys or a Chevy Bolt ? 

My money is on anything Polaris.

[Highmark]

Is 80K common mileage for the need to replace batteries?  

[Angry ginger]

22 hours ago, EvilBird said:

yeah we already went over this situation in another thread. 

yet idiots keep bringing it back up

[spin_dry]

Rebuilding a battery pack isn’t rocket science. Teslas have approximately 7000 cells the size of AA batteries. They’re confined to 8 or 10 modules. One bad cell will bring down the entire module which in turn will take down the entire pack. The solution is to isolate the one bad cell and replace it. I helped someone do this with Toyota Prius that he bought for a penny on the dollar because it had a bad pack. We fixed it for 30 bucks plus  our labor. 

[spin_dry]

4 hours ago, Plissken said:

Because the Volt typically draws its power from a band of energy in the battery pack, there is a lot of leftover juice for stationary use. A new solar array and two wind turbines feed the administration building’s circuit breaker panel, where the five Volt batteries work in parallel to supply power to the building, delivering net-zero energy use on an annual basis. 

“Even after the battery has reached the end of its useful life in a Chevrolet Volt, up to 80 percent of its storage capacity remains,” said Pablo Valencia, senior manager, Battery Life Cycle Management. “This secondary use application extends its life, while delivering waste reduction and economic benefits on an industrial scale.”

The batteries also can provide back-up power to the building for four hours in the event of an outage and stores it when it’s unneeded. Excess energy is sent back to the grid that supplies the Milford campus.

 

https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2015/jun/0616-volt-battery.html

Old Tesla packs are really popular with overlanders for powering vans and AluCab rigs. They provide huge power in the back country. 

[Plissken]

3 hours ago, Highmark said:

Is 80K common mileage for the need to replace batteries?  

Erick Belmer, a GM engineer who owns a 2012 Volt and put 400,000 miles on it over five years. It still offered the same electric driving range it did when new.

Officially, GM’s says Volt’s battery will suffer a 10-percent degradation in range after 5,000 full charging cycles. While the battery carries an 8-year/100,000-mile battery warranty it is expected to deliver 10 years and 150,000 miles of service.
 

https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/how-to-buy-a-pre-owned-chevrolet-volt/

[spin_dry]

7 minutes ago, Plissken said:

Erick Belmer, a GM engineer who owns a 2012 Volt and put 400,000 miles on it over five years. It still offered the same electric driving range it did when new.

Officially, GM’s says Volt’s battery will suffer a 10-percent degradation in range after 5,000 full charging cycles. While the battery carries an 8-year/100,000-mile battery warranty it is expected to deliver 10 years and 150,000 miles of service.
 

https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/how-to-buy-a-pre-owned-chevrolet-volt/

All very true. 

[Voodoo]

Vehicle manufactures need to make X on a vehicle.

Many electric vehicles have almost no maintenance cost, nor repair costs in a given life span.

The electric propulsion system is that good.

That only leaves the battery to get the needed cash input, to make a vehicle viable, cost wise.

When the battery dies, needs replacement, they get the input cost they did not get at time of sale.

This comes from someone who has been in the battery industry for 25 years, with the biggest US based battery manufacturer.

It's why there is not, and will probably never be, a standard battery for E.V's.

 

[awful knawful]