Nissan Leaf Battery Replacement Alternative To Dealer?

[My 2 cents]

If I had a 10 year old car with a blown engine, it also may not be worth the cost of fixing.
The County allows each resident to junk a vehicle every year for free, resident only pays towing fee, or in the case of an old EV with 10 or 15 miles of range you can drive it to Shipman Industrial.  They take the cars, combustion powered, EV, whatever so it doesn’t end up rusting in someone’s driveway or on the side of the road.

It's good to know there is an escape route, at least for now.  I won't go into "where does it go from there" and all that that entails.  I'm satisfied to know that the car owner can get out from under it without additional expense.

It's still not comforting enough to make me spend $30,000 on a vehicle that will be disposed of in 10 years or so.

BTW, the blown engine analogy is apples and oranges.  The EV battery is expected to die, it's inevitable.  Engines rarely blow, and when they do it is almost always due to owner neglect or abuse.