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[Mr H]

Tesla owner blows up Model S instead of footing $22,600 repair bill

The Model S needed a pricey battery pack replacement.

www.theverge.com

 

[Llama.]

Tesla do need to find a way of making battery repairs cheaper for out of warranty cars. Sounds like they can’t be bothered to even swap out a bad cell or module in a otherwise good battery.

Maybe something for third party aftermarket battery repair places like Gruber.

But I read this last week as ‘Rich man destroys car as dramatic show of wealth!’

 

[Mr H]

It's not possible to swap individual cells as they are glued together, modules are only in 3 units AFAIK

 

[PITA]

Blowing up effigy of Elon Musk was a step too far...

 

[Durzel]

I’ve read that the car was modified and would have been covered under warranty had it not been.

 

[pgkevet]

Surprising different impressions . I thought it was out of warranty i.e 8 yrs plus - and was pre first refresh with the plastic nose. That means it's 'value' would have been circa £35-40K with a good battery. New battery for £20K. So some chap wanting youtube clicks threw £15K away for his moment of fame.

 

[PaulMD]

Read the title and got my hopes up the excellent Atari 2600 game was coming to the car!

 

[Llama.]

It's not possible to swap individual cells as they are glued together, modules are only in 3 units AFAIK

Respectfully, I’m not sure this is true. All Tesla batteries can be replaced individually or in modules. They’re just parts of a machine.

Yes it’s difficult and requires specialist tools knowledge etc, but it can be done and would be cheaper than a whole battery replacement. Tesla just choose not to offer this service.

Have a look at this video from Gruber in the USA who can undertake battery cell and module replacement in any Tesla. Looks like they mostly do out of warranty work. :

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