Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno said:
91AggieLawyer said:
Jaydoug said:
300 mile range?
Is it a 150 mile range with a lawn mower in the bed?
Is it a 75 mile range towing an empty 12ft trailer?
Gotta see the whole story.
I think just as big a concern as all this are the questions: how long does the battery last (in years) and how much will it cost to replace?
What are people who are buying used EVs and hybrids but don't realize batteries have a finite life (and are expensive to replace) doing when they get the news?
Battery is covered by an 8 year 100k warranty
But yea if you keep it for 8 years then sell, probably going to be a big range of used prices depending on battery newness, sort of like golf carts now where the battery component is 30% of the cost of a used golf cart
There are people on here that have 2016s and newer with WELL over 100K. Also, is that warranty for everyone or just the original owner? Probably everyone but I'd check to be sure. You'll see a lot of 6-9 year old models for sale, probably, because the owner doesn't want to spend that kind of money on an almost decade old truck.
Even if you did get your battery replaced under warranty at, say, 6 years and 90K miles (15K a year so a reasonable mileage), you'd have to contend with replacement battery warranty (if any) and go through that again in another 4-8 years. If the truck is priced to include the future value costs of batteries, then the buyer would just shift their focus of how they pay for or finance trucks. But that is going to be a rough shift for many.
