[jacquesm]

> No, almost no car will ever need a battery replacement unless battery was bricked by gross mishandling

How would that be possible? Charge and discharge cycles are closely monitored and controlled by computers.

[anovikov]

A real Soviet hero, with good training and some vodka, can do almost everything comrade... No fool proof is a real proof, people manage to break all kind of things. But, that is not a wear and tear - it is about as easy to brick a new battery as a 10 year old one.