08-03-2022, 08:10 PM
"The question about the depleted battery in a EV car seems to imply that it’s a dangerous environmental hazard."
Perhaps it’s the way I’m asking the question that is causing the confusion.
What do you plan to do with the CAR when it will no longer make it to the mailbox and back? The whole thing, not just the battery.
Will you have to pay to have this perfectly good vehicle that needs a repair that costs more than the car is worth removed from your property?
If I owned a commercial junk yard I would not accept these vehicles into my yard, with or without the battery being removed. Why? Because there is no demand for the other parts. With very few exceptions, the only part these vehicles need is a new battery. And this situation is only going to get worse as more and more Evs reach the end of their battery life and become “totaled”.
Perhaps it will get so expensive to dispose of these vehicles that it will make more sense to spend the 15k to make it run again?
Anyway, I hope this makes my question and my concerns more clear.
Perhaps it’s the way I’m asking the question that is causing the confusion.
What do you plan to do with the CAR when it will no longer make it to the mailbox and back? The whole thing, not just the battery.
Will you have to pay to have this perfectly good vehicle that needs a repair that costs more than the car is worth removed from your property?
If I owned a commercial junk yard I would not accept these vehicles into my yard, with or without the battery being removed. Why? Because there is no demand for the other parts. With very few exceptions, the only part these vehicles need is a new battery. And this situation is only going to get worse as more and more Evs reach the end of their battery life and become “totaled”.
Perhaps it will get so expensive to dispose of these vehicles that it will make more sense to spend the 15k to make it run again?
Anyway, I hope this makes my question and my concerns more clear.