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Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’ (www.yahoo.com)

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Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’::"I don't think I would have believed it."

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[–] n0m4n 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Our Prius lasted 12 years before we sold it, and it was still going strong. Newer batteries have improved their life expectancy. My experience makes me doubt your claim both on life expectancy and cost. A quick search estimates the (battery) cost between $2000-$4500, depending upon installation cost. We replaced the Prius with another hybrid that gives us 65 mpg/28 kpl. When infrastructure gets better, We will fully switch to electric. ICE engines really are that much more inefficient. Equivalent electrical costs are pennies per gallon. edit added: (battery)

[–] ikidd 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know about that price, even used EV batteries aren't that cheap. I just bought 43 kWh of LFP batteries for my home and they were almost $10K, and that's less capacity than most EV batteries.

[–] n0m4n 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did a search to buy Prius batteries. I remember searching for how to replace batteries years ago and downloading the instructions. There were quite a few steps because of the potential of fire, if shorted out, but otherwise was pretty straight forward.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155688032892?chn=ps&amdata=enc%3A1a2PXQDe8Q9uosuxnz69ArA87&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=155688032892&targetid=1644837436283&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9018572&poi=&campaignid=20125739985&mkgroupid=149128855676&rlsatarget=pla-1644837436283&abcId=9312975&merchantid=6296724

[–] ikidd 2 points 1 year ago

NiMH is pretty ancient tech for batteries. These would only be relevant to that specific model, and they're reconditioned. Search up EV CATL LFP batteries and see how much those run.