General Motors, which sells the biggest lineup of electric vehicles in the U.S., plans to slash the cost of its rechargeable pickups and large SUVs by thousands of dollars.
The new batteries are also durable enough to be recharged frequently for at least eight years.
That doesn’t sound super promising…
The battery warranty on EVs is 8 years and no one expects them to die after that. It should be much longer than 8 years, not at least 8 years.
Edit: I’d add I’d be okay with a battery that should last around 8 years, if the cost was substantially cheaper and it was easily replaceable. But I’m thinking something like 5k for a complete replacement all in, and that’s not what this would be. Like some cheap 25k vehicle that somewhere around 8-10 years you maybe replace the battery. So it’s more like a 30k vehicle with an expected maintenance item down the road. The whole thing would need to be upfront and part of the buying/sale process, and it’d need to feel like a 30k vehicle.
That doesn’t sound super promising…
The battery warranty on EVs is 8 years and no one expects them to die after that. It should be much longer than 8 years, not at least 8 years.
Edit: I’d add I’d be okay with a battery that should last around 8 years, if the cost was substantially cheaper and it was easily replaceable. But I’m thinking something like 5k for a complete replacement all in, and that’s not what this would be. Like some cheap 25k vehicle that somewhere around 8-10 years you maybe replace the battery. So it’s more like a 30k vehicle with an expected maintenance item down the road. The whole thing would need to be upfront and part of the buying/sale process, and it’d need to feel like a 30k vehicle.