Hi, Does anyone know how much it would cost to replace the main battery on an MG car, if it gets damaged, for example, a 2020 ZS ev

[Berty]

Hi, Does anyone know how much it would cost to replace the main battery on an MG car, if it got damaged, i have a 2020 ZS ev and wonder what the cost will be when the car gets older, i have heard it may cost many thousands of pounds.

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Hi, Does anyone know how much it would cost to replace the main battery on an MG car, if it got damaged, i have a 2020 ZS ev and wonder what the cost will be when the car gets older, i have heard it may cost many thousands of pounds.

Cheapest one I've seen.

2021 MG Zs Ev High Voltage Battery 44.5 KWh 110 Ah 394.2V EC110A43S | eBay

Manufacturer Part Number: EC110A43S. Vehicle/Model: MG Zs Exclusive Ev. Manufactured Year: 2021. We will ALWAYS resolve your issue but would ask you to call us in order to do so. Used: an item that has been previously used.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[peterseddon]

If it's a long range NMC battery and a cell is pierced, you'll be replacing a burned out car not just the battery. The battery is enclosed in a fairly robust aluminium casing with a double skinned bottom where cooling fluid flows so the chances are there will be far more serious damage to the whole car than just the battery. If you mainly charge at 7kW with few rapid charges then the battery will probably outlast the car.

 

[fred12345]

Hi, Does anyone know how much it would cost to replace the main battery on an MG car, if it got damaged, i have a 2020 ZS ev and wonder what the cost will be when the car gets older, i have heard it may cost many thousands of pounds.

Not worth it. drive it until it falls apart or you decide to get another one. It would cost you more than the car is worth ...

 

[Alb]

Does anyone know how much it would cost to replace the main battery on an MG car, if it got damaged

Damaged how exactly?
You'll be covered by insurance if you have an accident.

 

[Berty]

Hi I was just thinking that if the car was say 10 years old and out of warrantee i think the battery would cost more than the cars worth, so where's the incentive to buy an eclectic car

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Hi I was just thinking that if the car was say 10 years old and out of warrantee i think the battery would cost more than the cars worth, so where's the incentive to buy an eclectic car

Oh dear....

 

[Alb]

Hi I was just thinking that if the car was say 10 years old and out of warrantee i think the battery would cost more than the cars worth, so where's the incentive to buy an eclectic car

But where is the damage coming from?

 

[decrep]

In 10 years time, batteries will have evolved a lot, they should be a lot cheaper.

 

[Roldorf]

Hi I was just thinking that if the car was say 10 years old and out of warrantee i think the battery would cost more than the cars worth, so where's the incentive to buy an eclectic car

If the car is 10 years old then the car wont be worth very much anyway. If it was a petrol or diesel engine car and engine had a major problem, then replacing the engine would also cost more than the car was worth, so where is the problem?

So:
Where is the incentive to buy a car at all? May as well just use public transport, if it breaks down you can just catch the next one.

 

[fred12345]

Hi I was just thinking that if the car was say 10 years old and out of warrantee i think the battery would cost more than the cars worth, so where's the incentive to buy an eclectic car

simple calculation - my diesel was 14y old, 150,000 miles, cost me at least £600-£700 in repairs every year for the last few years + road tax + cost of diesel + surcharge of 50% on street parking for polluting cars + £12 per day just to drive onto the road outside my house ...

also, whoever told you the battery will need replacement after 10 years was saying you-know-what ... There are plenty of happy Nisan Leaf drivers with cars much older than 10y ...

even if your battery capacity goes down to say 60%, that's still plenty for local drives so you have say 100 miles range instead of 200 - fine with me.

 

[CanyonReveller]

Many people like to quote the cost of replacing the Tesla batteries at the dealership, which is obscenely expensive for the Model S at around £20k.

You can already buy second hand replacement batteries for the ZS for a bit over £2k if you shop around, and that price is only going to go down.

I save around £3k a year in fuel by driving an EV. Even with that heavy usage, my battery looks like it will still be at a 90% state of health when it's 10 years old. Most well cared for EV batteries are good for around 400k miles, which is a lot more than 10 years of usage for most people.

 

[decrep]

Yes, you could get run over by a bus. So where's the incentive to walk out your front door?

 

[mj224]

My previous EV was a Citroen Zero. At 10 years old, the range was down to about 60%.

I sold it via Webuyanycar site, and got £3000 for it.

Whilst the range was down to about 55 miles, it would still be a good run around car as a second car for a family, doing school runs and shopping etc.

Far from a throwaway car.....

 

[CanyonReveller]

My previous EV was a Citroen Zero. At 10 years old, the range was down to about 60%.

I sold it via Webuyanycar site, and got £3000 for it.

Whilst the range was down to about 55 miles, it would still be a good run around car as a second car for a family, doing school runs and shopping etc.

Far from a throwaway car.....

That sounds like a battery that had a hard life. How often was it charged to or stored at 100%? How many miles on the clock?

 

[Coulomb]

That sounds like a battery that had a hard life.

Remember that the early EVs used crude battery chemistries like LMO. No modern EV would use that type of battery any more.

So it's impossible to point to an old EV and say "look, that one's been running for 12 years with negligible degradation".

 

[Ruislip Resident]

Also don't forget. If your battery went down to say 60% and you wanted more than the range it was giving you, you would also be selling that battery to someone to use as static storage as well as buying a new or refurbished one. The people fitting your new one would probably facilitate that or include its onward sale in the price of fitting the new or refurbished one. Incidentally I got around 13 years use ( just under a year old when purchased) out of my previous car, a diesel before it died a death (circa £3.5k to fix) and I sold it for a couple of hundred pounds. I'd be fine getting that use from an EV, if I then decided to ditch due to battery degradation.

 

[Alb]

You are all missing the point.
The OP didn't ask about age related degradation, he cited battery damage.

 

[Ruislip Resident]

You are all missing the point.
The OP didn't ask about age related degradation, he cited battery damage.

Yes but this subsequent comment by the OP brings in warranty.

Hi I was just thinking that if the car was say 10 years old and out of warrantee i think the battery would cost more than the cars worth, so where's the incentive to buy an eclectic car.

Warranty does not cover damage. Insurance covers damage. So bringing in the term 'warranty' de facto changes the conservation from damage of the battery to something warranty would cover such as degradation.

 

[Alb]

The original post is nevertheless very specific about damage and this can theoretically occur within warranty as a result of hardware (or perhaps even software) failure.