EV Battery Repair Is Dangerous. Here's Why Mechanics Want To Do It Anyway.

03 Jan 2024 | Abstracted from Grist

"...in theory, lots of these Tesla batteries can be fixed...But due to the time and training involved, the safety considerations, and the complexity of the repair... the bill to fix one car battery...might run upwards of $10,000...Cox Automotive estimates that it has saved over a gigawatt hour's worth of batteries -- enough to power about 17,000 new EVs - from being prematurely discarded."

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