VeeDub'r
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Does anyone here have any info or thoughts as to how VW's "8-Year" battery warranty will actually work?
How is normal "Battery Health Degradation" 1) assessed, and 2) accounted-for for warranty pro-rating purposes?
My simplified illustrative "example":
An aggressive debater might argue, "No it hasn't - the battery has not 'failed' - it still DOES propel the car 10 miles."
This is an admittedly extreme and simplified example only for illustrative purposes ...
... I'm confident that VW would "warranty-out" a battery which only provided 10 miles of propulsion after 7 years (assuming no abuse) ... but at what "pro-rated" terms?
What if it the 7-year max range was 150 mi (e.g. greater than a 5% "range degrade" per year) ... what if it was only 100 mi ... ???
How is normal "Battery Health Degradation" 1) assessed, and 2) accounted-for for warranty pro-rating purposes?
My simplified illustrative "example":
- A new battery propels car 250 mi at "standard" test conditions.
- After 7 years, the battery only propels the car 10 mi at the same standard conditions.
An aggressive debater might argue, "No it hasn't - the battery has not 'failed' - it still DOES propel the car 10 miles."
This is an admittedly extreme and simplified example only for illustrative purposes ...
... I'm confident that VW would "warranty-out" a battery which only provided 10 miles of propulsion after 7 years (assuming no abuse) ... but at what "pro-rated" terms?
What if it the 7-year max range was 150 mi (e.g. greater than a 5% "range degrade" per year) ... what if it was only 100 mi ... ???
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