On 2/10/2018 11:50 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 6:34:20 AM UTC-10, La casa siempre gana wrote:
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>> Or a new Nissan Leaf...oh well..
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> My son's girlfriend is looking for a used Leaf. My understanding is that once the battery pack goes, people panic and let the cars go for dirt cheap. From what I've read, one or two cells go bad causing a check battery light to go on.
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> There are suppliers that sell salvaged cells in kits to rebuild/repair the battery for around $200. I'd get a Leaf myself but we don't have an area to recharge it. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to rebuild an electric car battery one of these days. It looks like a lot of fun.
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I heard similar tales of the 1st gen. Prius being a depreciated battery
asset.

If you can source it, then drive it!

I'm surprised Hawaii isn't electric vehicle ground zero - or maybe it is?