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by kubb 1725 days ago
In case of Lambos it doesn't apply but as an answer to your question: price. Imagine you earn the equivalent of 1K usd per month. A new Toyota Yaris is 20K and a Tesla Model 3 is 50K, and you will have to replace the battery in it after 4 years for an additional 20K. (feel free to correct the actual values if my ballpark figures are inaccurate). What do you do? You buy a used 5-8 year Yaris for 5K and it can serve you for 10 years with minimal maintenance spending.
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4 years for the battery ? My Yaris battery is 10 years old and still working like a charm. Changing the battery is not even an expected maintenance during the total lifetime of the car. And it’s the same for any EV : replacing battery is never to be expected (except of course if you have an issue with it).