Quote:
Originally Posted by AGR
One question, how do you test a battery pack, on the assumption that one is buying a used Volt/Fisker/Whitestar with 40,000 miles how do you know how long the battery pack will last?
Is anyone going to log how often the battery pack cycled?
What depreciation guidelines would be applied towards the battery pack? Same as the rest of the car?
|
On a BEV Whitestar it will be straightforward: just look at the odometer. On the PHEV Whitestar/Volt/Fisker I would imagine the car will do the pack cycle log for you automatically. Since they will most likely have an information display like most hybrids, you should even be able to see it on screen. Even if that is not the case I would imagine you can get the data from the diagnostic port avaliable in pretty much any new car today. I would hope they won't leave the consumer to do the logging.
You make a good point as the battery pack life should play a big role on the value on a used PHEV or hybrid.
Hmm, I wonder if any hybrids today have battery cycle logs already, any hybrid owners out there care to comment?