Re:BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter,...
by cyberax on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:39PM
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Blade batteries are still repairable. Re-celling a Model 3 battery is $6000: https://recell-ev.com/ so BYD battery repairs will likely be in the same range.
That's assuming it's out of warranty, which is now 150k miles or 8 years for BYD in the UK.
The largest other component is the integrated motor/inverter and they should be pretty reliable. They are still repairable, although you might need to replace the entire circuit boards, rather than individual components.
Re:BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter,...
by rafaelmn on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:34PM
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If the option is 25k for a car I "can't repair" in 5 years or 50k for a car I can - I'll take the 25k one, if I can get the warranty to cover those 5 years, all else being equal.
Everything is "repairable" it's just a matter of is it worth repairing. Maybe rebuilding the car every 5-10 years isn't that bad of a model.
They may regret it when the battery dies and it's a $20k repair because they're actually structural components on those cars. Or a single $20 sensor dies that's part of a larger non-serviceable $5k component.