Expensive hybrid battery
I tend to keep my cars for a long time and I was very tempted to go fo a two year old low mileage V60 D5 Hybrid. After a bit of research with my local dealer I was told replacing a hybrid battery would cost over £15000. Wow!! Surely this is wrong. I know that replacing individual cells would be far cheaper, but after 3000+ charge cycles over 10 years I suspect the Li-Ion battery would probably be knackered.
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I think the decimal point is in the wrong place. Normally between £1-2,000.
https://www.volvocars.com/uk/own/mai...volvo-warranty https://www.toyota.co.uk/hybrid/hybrid-faq/batteries |
Many cars on the road today will cost 15k to replace the engine with a new one, doesn't seem to stop people buying them tho, also they tend to have a 3 year/ 60k warranty from new
, battery pack with the volvo plug in has 8 year/100,00 mile warranty! |
That seems more likely. I'll contact them again tomorrow morning. He definitely said £15000, but you probably spotted his error.
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Some hybrid batteries are £20,000+
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Do not be surprised at 15,000 GBP.
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If it really is about £15000 that means the hybrid would only be worth scrap value once the hybrid battery had reached end of life. Therefore, not really a car for someone who intends to keep it over 10 years.
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Also I don’t believe any engine costs anywhere near 15k unless a warranty job through a dealership. A friend has had an 18month old M140i engine replaced with a salvage version for 7k all in, most normal replacements are 2 to 4k. The issue at the moment is that Battery hybrid packs are still niche and if the dealer says 15k you don’t really have a great deal of choice. As Clan says, give it 10 years and perhaps it will be different. |
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