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A Rivian owner was in a fender bender. The repair bill was $42,000. (www.yahoo.com)

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A Rivian owner was in a fender bender. The repair bill was $42,000.::The repairs cost over half the starting price for the Rivian EV. The owner said he'd expected it wouldn't be cheap, but it was a "shocking number."

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[–] cerevant@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

According to the article, the reason the repair was expensive was structural and had nothing to do with it being an EV.

That being said, I ran over a rock with a 1 year old EV and totaled it because it put a 4” crack in the battery pack and cracked the high voltage power harness. (Insurance covered it…that’s what car insurance is for folks)