Battery failure
Finn blows up Tesla’s S out of anger over battery bill of 20,000 euros
Ascension with 30 kilograms of dynamite
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If the battery doesn’t work anymore, it gets really expensive. The Finn Tuomas Katainen preferred to blow up his old Tesla instead of paying 20,000 euros for the repair.
Replacing the batteries in Tuomas Katainen’s Tesla S should cost 20,000 euros. The Finn got so angry about this that he turned to the group “Pommijätkät” – the explosives. Together they attached about 30 kilograms of dynamite to the Tesla and blew it up in front of the camera. Also on board: a figure from Tesla founder Elon Musk.
The action is absurd, but not unique. A few years ago a disappointed Russian had his Mercedes SUV lifted into the air by a helicopter and crashed to the ground.
Expensive exchange
In addition to the fun video, the action has a serious background. Tesla vehicles are gradually reaching the age at which parts of the battery system fail. As a rule, the car stops working in the event of such malfunctions. The Tesla workshops only offer a complete replacement of the system – at exorbitant prices. The Electrek website reports that a Tesla owner in the United States should pay $ 22,500 to have a battery change at a Tesla service center. In an independent workshop, the defective part was exchanged for only $ 5,000.
In the video Tuomas Katainen explains his problem with the used car from 2013: “When I bought the Tesla, the first 1500 kilometers were nice, until then it was an excellent car. When the error code came up, I ordered a tow truck take my car to the workshop, the car was in a Tesla dealer’s workshop for a month and finally I got a call that there was nothing they could do for my car other than replace the entire battery cell, the cost would add to at least It’s 20,000 euros and you have to get permission from Tesla to do it. So I told them I was going to blow up the whole car because there was apparently no guarantee or anything like that. “
In fact, Tesla gives a comprehensive guarantee on the battery, but only if the capacity falls below 70 percent within up to eight years or a mileage of 150,000 miles or 240,000 kilometers. After that, it usually becomes expensive because the certified workshops only change the system. In view of the age of the vehicles, this means an economic total loss. The same dilemma can be faced with a full-size combustion engine: if the engine fails, installing a new eight-cylinder is usually no longer worthwhile. Here you can switch to cheaper replacement machines, which is not possible with batteries.