You can get some pretty good deals on some higher-mileage electric vehicles right now. But isn’t the shelf life of an EV battery about 10 years? Hmmm. But that’s OK, if the battery poops out you can just replace it, right? Before you spring for that used EV, you better check out the prices for replacement batteries. It is pretty shocking.
You need to know what a replacement battery, and the labor to replace it, will cost if you’re eyeing that i3 or Bolt. Sometimes you can only determine prices through eBay, as some manufacturers, like Tesla, don’t give out what their EV batteries cost.
Batteries vs cars | MB
The labor is a different story. It will run between $1,500 and $3,000 to replace your battery, depending on the locale. So let’s take the six least expensive EVs and see how those replacement batteries really are. You may find the risk isn’t…