The repairs cost over half the starting price for the Rivian EV. The owner said he'd expected it wouldn't be cheap, but it was a "shocking number."
A Rivian owner was in a fender bender. The repair bill was $42,000.::The repairs cost over half the starting price for the Rivian EV. The owner said he’d expected it wouldn’t be cheap, but it was a “shocking number.”
It’s hard to believe this is a viable business model. Vehicle makers seem to be playing to the top of the market, that’s only so big and doesn’t seem like a long term thing.
70k and up, hard to believe this can last. Vehicle complexity is insane.
This is why my only electric vehicle is a bicycle lol, still waiting on prices to come down to something sane. In the meantime, I have my trusty old Honda and Subaru.
Are they on par in terms of quality, price, and reliability as their traditional vehicles now? I’d been under the impression that they were still really expensive both to buy and to repair. I guess I haven’t really researched it lately though.
As far as I understand (I’m in the market myself) the traditional makers have essentially caught up. You can expect the same build quality as other cars by the same makers.
(I’m specifically looking at Renault, Volvo and Mercedes, haven’t tried others)
I think the environment is just going to have to suffer a bit more on my part. Until someone puts out a simple EV that doesn’t constantly surveil me Imma stick with used ICE vehicles
I’m not sure why people are down-voting you. Asking for a car that doesn’t have remote data logging and other BS that a bunch of electric cars have now is not an unreasonable ask. Just make a plain car that works.
According to the article, the reason the repair was expensive was structural and had nothing to do with it being an EV.
That being said, I ran over a rock with a 1 year old EV and totaled it because it put a 4” crack in the battery pack and cracked the high voltage power harness. (Insurance covered it…that’s what car insurance is for folks)
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It’s hard to believe this is a viable business model. Vehicle makers seem to be playing to the top of the market, that’s only so big and doesn’t seem like a long term thing.
70k and up, hard to believe this can last. Vehicle complexity is insane.
Maybe they will challenge Tesla for the title of most expensive insurance.
This is why my only electric vehicle is a bicycle lol, still waiting on prices to come down to something sane. In the meantime, I have my trusty old Honda and Subaru.
I’ve been debating purchasing a vehicle in the coming years, but found a electric bike for much less that I think I want instead.
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Or, in short: dude likes Honda, Honda makes EVs, get one of those 😁
Are they on par in terms of quality, price, and reliability as their traditional vehicles now? I’d been under the impression that they were still really expensive both to buy and to repair. I guess I haven’t really researched it lately though.
As far as I understand (I’m in the market myself) the traditional makers have essentially caught up. You can expect the same build quality as other cars by the same makers.
(I’m specifically looking at Renault, Volvo and Mercedes, haven’t tried others)
I’ve heard Volvos are nice and very sturdy, was kinda looking at that EX30.
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I think the environment is just going to have to suffer a bit more on my part. Until someone puts out a simple EV that doesn’t constantly surveil me Imma stick with used ICE vehicles
I’m not sure why people are down-voting you. Asking for a car that doesn’t have remote data logging and other BS that a bunch of electric cars have now is not an unreasonable ask. Just make a plain car that works.
Yep I don’t think it’s too much to ask to not be tracked every waking moment
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Technological serfdom. We won’t ever own anything. It’s all subscription/rent/taxes.
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Must be some great engineering!
Fender bender?
He crushed the roof under a streetlight and had to have the unibody structure repaired.
According to the article, the reason the repair was expensive was structural and had nothing to do with it being an EV.
That being said, I ran over a rock with a 1 year old EV and totaled it because it put a 4” crack in the battery pack and cracked the high voltage power harness. (Insurance covered it…that’s what car insurance is for folks)