racerkit
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Let say you are into the 10 or 11th year driving the Leaf with 150,000 mile on the leaf. The cars has been great, saving you $24K in gas (assuming $4/gal at 25MPG). All other maintenance cost has been minimum, and expect so going forward. Now the battery capacity is degraded to 60%. Replacing the 24KWh battery will make the car whole again. The question is at what cost of the battery replacement will current Leaf owners make the decision to keep the Leaf or Junk it?
a) $5000 (I'd definitely invest, another $20K+ in gas saving for the next 10yrs)
b) $10,000 (It's more difficult decision depending on one's financial situation)
c) $15,000 (It depends on other competitive cars/ available at that time)
d) $20,000 (Probably not, but I will still keep the Leaf with only 50Mile range capacity)
What would you do?
a) $5000 (I'd definitely invest, another $20K+ in gas saving for the next 10yrs)
b) $10,000 (It's more difficult decision depending on one's financial situation)
c) $15,000 (It depends on other competitive cars/ available at that time)
d) $20,000 (Probably not, but I will still keep the Leaf with only 50Mile range capacity)
What would you do?