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No. Not at all. My point was simply that if one is making a comparison of repair cost to the value of the car there's a difference between retail and actual price paid. This is no different than it is now for any transaction, only more dramatic since many EVs have gotten some pretty heavy government subsidies.
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Dusty
2019 Ram 1500 Billet Silver Laramie Quad Cab 2WD, 5.7 Hemi, 8HP75, 3.21 axle, 33-gallon fuel tank, 18” wheels. Build Date: 3 June 2018. Now at 104040 miles.
I think we're having different conversations. I get why the insurance company would total the car. Let's revisit my post you quoted:
To this specific incident, HT actual F can a component be significantly more than the vehicle it's in? I get labor prices and the like, but wow. I'm curious if this is like sometimes in construction you have to bid a job that you don't actually want for some reason, keep a repeat client happy or whatever, so you bid it stupidly high so you don't actually have to do it.
A little research with the part number, I found the OEM battery pack at Hyundai dealers in the US for $31k. I believe the original incident is in Canada, and guys here have complained stuff is more expensive there than conversion rates would accunt for. So either the dealer is ******* him like a house cat, or Hyundai is ******* Canada collectively or both, but there's zero reason for the battery and install to be that high. Still stupid high, mind you, but not that high.