Thread: I'm a traitor I guess

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It does sound like Nissan has a better idea on the battery pack than some others, where they monitor and service individual lithium cells, but I too wonder the cost of that cell, and how many are carried? When I asked a Chevy dealer about battery replacement and cost his answer was, "We don't know yet, because we have no history." Sorry, but they know their battery cost and can assign a service time to the R&R. The unknowns might be any cost associated with disposal of the depleted cells, which are classified hazardous waste and have to be disposed of accordingly, at least at this time.

Originally Posted by rspears

It does sound like Nissan has a better idea on the battery pack than some others, where they monitor and service individual lithium cells, but I too wonder the cost of that cell, and how many are carried? When I asked a Chevy dealer about battery replacement and cost his answer was, "We don't know yet, because we have no history." Sorry, but they know their battery cost and can assign a service time to the R&R. The unknowns might be any cost associated with disposal of the depleted cells, which are classified hazardous waste and have to be disposed of accordingly, at least at this time.

Dunno about the prices up there,,but I heard of a guy having to replace the battery in a seven year old Prius down here in NZ,,and a genuine Toyota battery was around $7000,,a pirate battery being around $3500/4000..No thanks,,stick with my Petrol/LPG engines..

After looking around we bought an eAssist Buick LaCrosse. I was not interested in anything electric, until they mentioned the 8 year 100% warranty on anything dealing with the electric side of the car. I figure we won't keep it past that anyway, so we thought we'd take a chance. It's a 4 banger, but with the electric assist it does fine on the open road. The eAssist gas mileage is 11 MPG more than the V-6 & the sticker price was more for the V-6 also. After about 5 months of driving & a week of vacation last week, we're pretty happy with it so far.