Electric, Hybrid vehicle drive battery replacement, repair or cheating? What to do?

Another straightforward question with incredibly complicated and various responses. There are now some major cases: Warranty replacement of a defective cell battery. It is not frequent, but it does occur in a small percent of cases where the original battery achieves the degradation level normally set at 70% during the general warranty term, i.e. the battery capacity has dropped by 30% compared to its new state. If the car’s warranty history is in order (it was taken in on time for obligatory servicing, if required, and these were correctly recorded), the owner will receive a new, 100% battery. There is a complicated prelude to this, during which the after-sales service tries to repair the battery, and if the standard measurement cycle also shows that the capacity is below the specified percentage, then the replacement is only time-related, Read more…