...
With a little luck, the batteries will eventually only cost around $2000, or less, for the wife's Toyota. That would be less than a new replacement engine for a normally powered vehicle and considerably easier to install. With the 150k battery warranty, service lives are
somewhat comparable, in my personal opinion.
Unless one has to also replace one or both of the electric motor main bearings.
At least there is no tranny fluid, power steering fluid or significant brake shoe wear.
The future is going to be tough on the auto parts industries.
Unless they make all their coin on
inverter replacements...
...