I was instantly reminded of this.... 

Innovation in action!

 

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From the Vancouver Sun

 

ICBC scraps 2022 electric car after owners faced with $60,000 bill to replace damaged battery

 

A Vancouver electric-car owner was shocked to learn earlier this fall that seemingly minor damage to his car’s battery required replacement of the unit and was quoted a $60,000 repair bill — more than the list price for a new car.

The owner was told the damage voided his warranty on the 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5, forcing him to file a claim with ICBC, which simply wrote the car off due to the extraordinary cost.

Automotive journalists Zack and Andrea Spencer chronicled the case on their Motormouth YouTube channel and said the case raises big questions for EV manufacturers around replacement costs and repairability of batteries as Ottawa introduces new rules to speed up EV adoption.

In this case, the Ioniq 5’s battery cover plate on the bottom of the car was scratched and showed a small deformation, which indicated the battery had suffered an impact.

Andrea Spencer added that it poses a problem for the whole industry if manufacturers can’t bring battery costs down, because "we cannot be writing off electric vehicles because the battery is damaged and the price is much too high to repair the vehicle.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/icbc-scraps-2022-electric-car-after-owners-faced-with-60000-bill-to-replace-damaged-battery/ar-AA1lQJOI

 

ICBC is the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, the provincial insurance company

That's the price us heros are willing to pay to literally save the planet.

 

24 minutes ago, paco said:

That's the price us heros are willing to pay to literally save the planet.

 

$60k is kind of expensive for a cape.

 

52 minutes ago, NCTANK said:

*Leader of GOP commits multiple crimes by trying to overturn an election and illegally remain in power, then gets indicted by two states and a special prosecutor*

Trumpbots: "Hurr durr, the Democrats are the fascists because they're using the federal government to punish their political opponentz!"

 

 

 

 

On 12/30/2023 at 8:23 AM, paco said:

That's the price us heros are willing to pay to literally save the planet.

 

 

10 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

 

Something similar happened to my brother's gas powered truck lol. A gas powered brisk is just as useless as an electric brick.

I'm confused on why this would be the case with an ICE vehicle or electric vehicle.  Why do you need certain software to drive the car?

1 minute ago, xzmattzx said:

I'm confused on why this would be the case with an ICE vehicle or electric vehicle.  Why do you need certain software to drive the car?

Everything on a new vehicle is computer controlled.

46 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

 

Technophobe 

35 minutes ago, paco said:

Technophobe 

I work for a software company.....    I'd just never buy a Ford 😂

1 hour ago, iladelphxx said:

I work for a software company.....    I'd just never buy a Ford 😂

If they only knew 

 

 

13 hours ago, paco said:

Technophobe 

bugs everywhere

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like he started it

 

7 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

 

The Cawthorn bit was funny.

What a poosie!  He just turned and ran from those wuss heads.