FALLEN LEAVES
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Petrol Pete
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£13.5 K for a used aftermarket replacement battery for your old Nissan Leaf . That's OK then 
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I thought this was going to be another rant about train delays.... 
Looks like buying an EV is a fantastic idea if you're a business buyer that repeatedly buys new cars on a 2-Year or 3-Year lease.... but not so much for everyone else
Looks like buying an EV is a fantastic idea if you're a business buyer that repeatedly buys new cars on a 2-Year or 3-Year lease.... but not so much for everyone else
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grober
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Just an indication that just like ICE cars once EV's have been around for a while a " second tier " lower cost cottage industry/ DIY dealing with second hand or updated battery packs may well arise- signs of this in the USA already. Those first generation leaf model battery packs suffered from no battery cooling system -hence their short life.
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grober
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Sounds horrendous doesn't it. Battery costs appear to range from 8 1/2 K to 13 K depending on the replacement battery age and capacity. Cars in question are the first generation of Nissan leafs which had a very small 24 kWh battery- and after 10 years and a hundred thousand miles a realistic range of only 50 miles rapidly degrading to a range incapable of even fulfilling the average daily journey UK motorist of 30 miles.£13.5 K for a used aftermarket replacement battery for your old Nissan Leaf . That's OK then
First thing to consider is this isn't a direct replacement it's an upgrade albeit a modest one a 2-3x range improvement from the original---- 8 1/2 K isn't cheap but looking at costs in the round you would have to compare the running costs of fuel of a hundred thousand miles in an ICE car compared to EV then add in servicing and replacement parts e.g. an adblue system £2-3k maybe an EGR-- if unlucky DPF or maybe a couple of injectors and comparative replacement costs start to level out. The range arguement scarcely comes into it because if you wanted 300+ range you wouldn't have bought a leaf in the first place.
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OMG that’s massive. 
If I could only type this upside-down it would be so appropriate.
If I could only type this upside-down it would be so appropriate.
