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Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)
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[–] darganon@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have a Tesla because my VW engine died just out of warranty and a junkyard engine was $5k, a new one was $11k, just for the engine, no labor or extraneous parts.

The world where you can afford an engine replacement but not an electric car is pretty small.

[–] stealthnerd@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yea those prices are high. You can typically get a rebuilt engine installed for between $2500-5k but you have to go to a shop that specializes in rebuilds. A regular mechanic can't do that type of work and will just be looking for something they can drop in.