Ask HN: What are the limitations on EV service life?
&gt; What will the limitation be?<p>My guess is that the sticker shock from replacing battery packs on older electric cars is going to be the blocker for a lot of people. It&#x27;s going to feel tough for a lot of people to justify a $10K+ expense in one shot for an older electric car, even if that expense makes the electric car run perfect again for another decade+.<p>To be fair, older ICE vehicles also come with their share of problems and necessary repairs, but those repairs are usually in piecemeal fashion, you might have a $300 repair one day and then need a $700 repair 6 months later of course. But it&#x27;s rare that an older ICE vehicle has any single $10K+ repair: even replacing the entire engine out of a typical ICE vehicle probably wouldn&#x27;t come near that.