When I wrote about battery electric vehicle (BEV) repairs in May, I talked about battery packs and missed something crucial that only a recent estimate made me see. This document came from a customer ...

I have written about this for some years already, but having data backup always helps. The China Insurance Research Institute (CIRI) investigated the battery pack part-to-whole ratio of 59 battery ...

A $17k repair bill on a 2025 Model Y with 20k miles? One owner’s nightmare reveals a massive loophole: a single underside ...

To say that consumers have been waiting on a hard and firm pricing for a replacement 24 kWh battery pack in the Nissan LEAF (or any plug-in really for that matter) would be an understatement. Well, ...

According to a recent report by Reuters, insurance companies and other related experts in the automotive industry fear that insurance premiums will continue to rise for electric cars. This is due in ...

[Rob] grew tired of his Makita power tool battery packs dying so he figured out how to repair them himself. The video after the break walks us through the process which starts by cracking open the ...

Ford's current electric car catalog is relatively short and young, but those who own its Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, or the E-Transit do need to consider an eventual battery replacement. This can ...

"Sure, but what do the batteries cost to replace?" is a question frequently posed to hybrid and electric vehicle owners. It's true that batteries aren't cheap, and at some point down the line they'll ...

One of the biggest concerns people still have about electric vehicles (EVs) is the cost of replacing the battery. Whether it's due to myths about battery degradation or fear of long-term ownership ...

Nissan is launching a new program today to replace old LEAF battery packs with “refabricated” packs at a discount over new packs. Electric car battery packs inevitably lose some of their capacity over ...

Readers had a variety of suggestions for the best way to upgrade/replace/recycle the old NiCd battery pack from a still-usable Makita drill. I asked the folks at battery pack designer Nexergy to read ...