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   mINE109 to ScottW   
   Re: Another joy of owning an EV   
   04 Dec 23 14:25:13   
   
   From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/4/23 10:03 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   > On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 5:12:51 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >> On 12/3/23 7:21 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>> "Sticker shock" has taken on a whole new meaning when new electric vehicle   
   owners get their first repair bill following a simple fender bender. The Wall   
   Street Journal reports that a San Francisco resident got in a minor accident   
   with his electric    
   truck. He thought that repairs would be "a couple-thousand-dollar bill from   
   the repair shop and to be without his truck for a couple of weeks."   
   >>>   
   >>> Instead, the first-time EV owner was shocked to get a $22,000 bill for   
   repairs that took 2 1/2 months.   
   >>>   
   >>> One big issue.....potentially damaged battery packs have to be treated   
   like a ticking time bomb.   
   >> What a sad anecdote. Good thing EVs are so expensive only people who can   
   >> afford to repair them can buy them in the first place.   
   >>   
   >> In more typical cases, minor accident repairs for small EVs are "27%   
   >> more than the average for roughly comparable non-EV models," and 53%   
   >> more for SUVs according to sources quoted in Forbes.   
   >   
   > You forgot to include the damage caused to other vehicles due to the EVs fat   
   mass.   
      
   No, you did.   
      
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