evnow
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leaffan said:They should deduct the cost of the batteries because I think they would survive pretty much intact in a collision, so they SHOULD give us a super low rate since they would only be basically insuring the body. How much does one of those electric motors cost (80KW)?
Insurance industry do their own crash tests and estimate the cost of repairing a crash at a couple of speeds. IIRC, thats what goes into their estimation.
Until EVs get quite popular and probably 10% of the new cars, I don't think they will make any special concessions to EVs.