so very very simple to replace battery modules, he goes on to talk about how easy serviceable ID 4 batteyr is compared to Tesla batteries which are not serviceable. I strongly suggest anyone that drives alot and plans on keepng their vehciles beyond 100-120,000 miles to NOT buy a Tesla , Tesla battery replacement 12-15,000K , VW ID 4 , just replace the module wit the bad cell $500-$800 VW allows right to repair - Tesla does not , simple as that. tesla is concerned about Tesla not the customers
Hyundai-Kia use a similar design for their later EVs (all E-GMP, 2-gen Kona/Niro) and I've heard of one case where a dealer opened up a late Niro EV pack for repair. As I commented on this interesting video, VW and H-K use external cooling panels to avoid the rare but always present issue of coolant leaking into contact with electrical potential after a collision. Tesla's round-cell packs with the spray foam leave me wondering why Munro and Carcare's engineers don't say something about this. It's inevitable that all EV battery packs will be designed as serviceable in the near future.
Just bumping this up for those that havent seen it. I'm looking at it from the perspective of a rideshare driver that puts a lot of miles on. You guys/gals looking to drive rideshare and with an electric vehicle think beyond the 100K mile warranty. I have 63k mile in 16 months, I know that once I am past my 100k battery warrenty next year if I ever have a bad cell that the ID 4s battery is easy to pull and easy to replace modules and CHEAP to replace modules $500 Tesla has engineered their battery packs ina way where you cant replace the modules.so after warranty this is what you are looking at.. So agin this post is directed at Uber drivers and oters that rack up a lot miles and will easily surpass the 100k warranty in a few years
All this said, I don't think that dropping the battery pack on an ID.4 isn't something someone can do at home. Generally you need a lift and a sort of table on wheels that will hold the weight of the battery. But any shop that can drop an engine or drop a transmission probably has that stuff. I saw a recent video from Rich Rebuilds, where he bought a Tesla with a bad battery, and he is in the process of trying to revive the thing. The replacement battery that he purchased from eBay was for a dual-motor, but the car he had wasn't dual-motor, so he then went out and bought a front motor for a Tesla to convert the car to all-wheel drive.
