alt Hacker NewsHow is this not an instance of "perfect is the enemy of good enough?"?
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SV_BubbleTime • yesterday at 7:14 PM
Depends.
I have a vehicle in my personal shop right now. It needs a new battery, it is effectively totaled.
The battery costs more than the vehicle.
The effort for me to replace the battery modules (not even the cells inside of them) involves taking the entire suspension out, and then, you have the ACTUALLY FATAL issue of working on the battery pack. You need 1000V+ gloves that expire every six months, composite ratchets and sockets, and for me high voltage certification.
There is nothing on an ICE vehicle that can kill you while working on its parts.
I will be downvoted by people who need (literally) to defend their purchase. Always am on this topic.
Honestly in this situation, hybrids (ideally of the plug in variant) are the "good enough" thing when you're shifting from ICE.
Shifting the easy 70% first gives a very nice boost, and the rest can be cajoled/fed hydrogen (if it matures by then) etc over time.