Tesla has tried to charge a Model S owner $22,500 for a battery pack replacement out of warranty, but a third-party shop was able to fix the issue for a fraction of that cost. As a Tesla owner, one of ...

When I wrote about battery electric vehicle (BEV) repairs in May, I talked about battery packs and missed something crucial that only a recent estimate made me see. This document came from a customer ...

I have written about this for some years already, but having data backup always helps. The China Insurance Research Institute (CIRI) investigated the battery pack part-to-whole ratio of 59 battery ...

[Rob] grew tired of his Makita power tool battery packs dying so he figured out how to repair them himself. The video after the break walks us through the process which starts by cracking open the ...

According to a recent report by Reuters, insurance companies and other related experts in the automotive industry fear that insurance premiums will continue to rise for electric cars. This is due in ...

"Sure, but what do the batteries cost to replace?" is a question frequently posed to hybrid and electric vehicle owners. It's true that batteries aren't cheap, and at some point down the line they'll ...

To say that consumers have been waiting on a hard and firm pricing for a replacement 24 kWh battery pack in the Nissan LEAF (or any plug-in really for that matter) would be an understatement. Well, ...

Nissan is launching a new program today to replace old LEAF battery packs with “refabricated” packs at a discount over new packs. Electric car battery packs inevitably lose some of their capacity over ...

If you are worried about a massive battery replacement bill down the road, you may be surprised by the answer.

Expensive repairs have pushed EV insurance costs up. Thatcham Research has unveiled a Blueprint manufacturers can use to ...