Re:What kind of data is my new car collecting?
by Jaruzel on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:20AM
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I think the move to electric vehicles will actually collapse the second-hand car market - no-one wants to buy a car with batteries that no longer hold enough charge to complete a journey. We already see this effect with used laptops and smartphones, however I can never see changing your cars battery pack being a end-user activity.
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Re:What kind of data is my new car collecting?
by admax88q on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:40AM
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If batteries get commoditized then it could be an easy process to replace the battery. It becomes no different than many other repairs you would typically make to make a used car sellable.
However it will likely require legislation to ensure there's no DRM bullshit in the battery packs.
Re:What kind of data is my new car collecting?
by stjohnswarts on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:45PM
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It becomes an issue because batteries are so much more expensive than other things you can get though. It's not replacing a alternator, it's replacing a $15000 battery "set". Also I'm hoping electric car longevity will prove out the value in this. Electric car drive trains "in principle" should have much longer lives than gas engines.
Re:What kind of data is my new car collecting?
by admax88q on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:53PM
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I went to look up battery prices to prove you wrong, but your price is spot on.
https://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=4&prod...
Used Tesla battery, 5kWh for $1500. you're looking at ~10 of these for decent range.