From my post on Stockhouse
If they tell him a new battery would be $USD 22,500, that's in line with an EFL forklift battery is it not? (I believe the average forklift battery is $20-25k) Would a forklift battery not power a Tesla. Then how much difference in cost is there really.
Tesla Owner Blows Up Car After Discovering Cost To Fix Battery
TUESDAY, DEC 21, 2021 - 03:40 PM
In Finland, an unhappy Tesla owner decided to blow up his Model S after learning it would need a new expensive battery pack.
In the video on YouTube with English subtitles, Tuomas Katainen explains his 2013 Model S was in the shop for more than a month for service. When he heard back from the shop, they told him they couldn't repair his car, and the only option was to change the entire battery cell.
Katainen said the fix would've cost him upwards of €20,000 ($22,500). He told the dealership that was absurd, and he donated the car to a Finnish YouTube channel Pommijtkt, whose name literally translates to 'Bomb Dudes.'
