Friday 7 July 2023

I Am Not Normally Very Good At Predictions,

but here is something I will predict, 


photographs Thatcham Research, that is the cost of EV car insurance will go up far exceeding the rate of inflation, here are a couple of facts, comparisons with petrol and diesel cars found that electric vehicle (EV) claims are 25.5 per cent more expensive - and the damage takes 14 per cent longer to repair, if it can be fixed at all, and there is the rub, Thatcham Research's findings echo another investigation into EV write-offs conducted earlier this year by news agency Reuters, it found that electric cars are being written-off for having the slightest damage to battery packs following accidents because there is no way of repairing them,

and replacing batteries, if it can be done are expensive, for a premium electric car, for instance, the cost of a new battery is around £29,500, Thatcham Research says. This is more than the price of a new petrol Volkswagen T-Roc SUV, and for 'budget-friendly' electric models, it estimates the average cost of battery replacement to be £14,200 - that's more than a Dacia Sandero, Britain's cheapest car, the report warns of scratched and mildly damaged battery packs 'piling up in scrapyards in some countries', and experts claimed batteries in expensive Tesla Y SUVs have 'zero reparability' because they are a structural part of the car, I keep being told that the batteries in EV cars are safe, even after an accident, so please explain this: Another headache faced by the vehicle repair sector is centred around the legality of storing damaged EVs safely, government guidelines state that due to fire risk, electric cars awaiting repair should be stored in an outside quarantine area and at a safe distance of 15 meters from other nearby objects, as such, an outside storage space with capacity for 100 combustion-engine vehicles would allow for the safe quarantine of just two EVs, representing a potential 98 per cent reduction in repair capacity, I am so glad I never fell for the child abusing EV nonsense! For the full report have a look here.


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