Thread by @jpr007

BATTERY REPLACEMENT

So here is the problem with this whole story

1. Batteries age over time

2. After 8 years of use, some of the cells in two of the sixteen modules had passed their threshold of serviceability

https://twitter.com/electrekco/status/1437383219339538435

3. The owner chose to replace 2 out of the 16 modules for $1,500 each, equivalent to a cost of $24,000 for the whole pack

4. And he paid $2,000 on top of that for the work to be done

5. Those two modules may now last for another eight years

6. But the rest of the modules will slowly degrade and eventually become unserviceable, and require their own replacement

7. Using the same process, the owner will ultimately spend $40,000 for the first-time replacement of all his battery modules

8. Whereas it would have cost him $22,500 to have Tesla replace the entire battery pack good for another eight years

9. This car should last more than 30 years, so we can expect it to go through a few battery pack replacements

10. But the owner's current way of doing this is just a short-term fix that is "penny-wise and pound-foolish"

11. This was not explained in the article

12. And it looks like Tesla is right to discourage these kinds of uneconomical repairs

13. But repair shops unfortunately have a $2,000 incentive to propose them

14. And it is wrong to compare a $22,500 full replacement with a $5,000 "quick fix"

Just The Facts

Fresh cells in a fresh pack should definitely be superior to the bill of goods that this owner bought

But that's his free choice

- as long as he properly understand it

- which electrek has failed to show