What kind of data is my new car collecting?

Re:What kind of data is my new car collecting? by admax88q on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:40AM (#22055159)

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.

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Re:What kind of data is my new car collecting? by stjohnswarts on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:45PM (#22059075)

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.

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Re:What kind of data is my new car collecting? by admax88q on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @05:53PM (#22059709)

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.

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