Renault Wants to Charge £7,500 to Fix Womans Renault Zoe EV

tumblespots You echo my thoughts T

tumblespots I don't like the safety of them but I guess for many consumers the short range isn't an issue if they spend most of their time doing less than 100 miles a day which most people do. They certainly aren't motorway cars and I would find range anxiety very stressful.

China has a huge amount of EV fires but you have to bear in mind while they make EV's to US and European certification standards their own products for their own market do not have such high standards as their certification standards are weaker and not enforced.

China has a huge amount of unsold EV's that were designed for the Chinese market but sales have been very slow and so they are looking to dump them on the world market however that shouldn't effect the UK as we drive on the left but they may sell them very cheap in other parts of Asia and possibly the US and even mainland Europe. One Chinese manufacturer has only sold about 1700 cars and yet has taken huge investment from multiple sources so each car effectively cost millions each. They are likely to go bankrupt.

EV's obviously have high depreciation because the batteries have limited charge cycles so as the battery ages the range is reduced, the likelihood of fires becomes much higher with older cells and the technology is evolving so fast that an old EV is much worse compared to a new EV in comparison to an old ICE vehicle compared to a new ICE vehicle. So values plunge faster and they become uneconomic to repair sooner. People often sell them too when the battery is showing signs of reduced range so they know it is going into the finally stage of its useful life.

It's like ebikes why buy an old ebike with a shot battery for reasonable money if the replacement battery is £400 and the rest of the ebike is heavily worn. I see ebikes that were only £500 sell for £300 but really if the battery is toast the real value should be £100 not £300. Many consumers haven't thought about the cost implications of buying an old ebike.

BonzoBanana Yes E bikes are another fire hazard B,and i still believe the airport multi storey car park fire was somehow caused by an EV, i think there was a cover up here, the last thing the government wants is more bad news about EVs when they are trying to sell them to us as a safer option

telmel Personally I struggle to see how houses, container ships, offices, garages and other buildings on fire is good for the environment. I don't agree EV's are the answer except I do think ebikes are a good solution for minor journeys and those are much safer than large EV fires but only because there is less combustible material and they are much easier to put the fire out due to their size.

MelissaLee1 Dealerships have always been expensive M, but this one was taking the michael, yes i agree, pure greed