Chevrolet Volt question ...?

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I've heard that the battery in them only lasts around ten years and once it no longer works it's too expensive to replace so won't it mean that Chevrolet Volts will have horrific resale values compared to other cars that last beyond ten years?
 
The charging system is designed to recharge at the optimum time for maximum life of the battery. I often wonder about the prius I was told that there life of the battery will be around 5 years and the battery pack costs like $8000 to replace. No car after 10 years is going to be worth a whole lot of money if you are driving it regularly. Also as with a lot of other thing the longer they are on the market the cheaper the batteries will become.
 
There you go man worry about things in the future or live for today? Hybrid cars do have that nasty secret 10 years you'll be lucky if that Lithium Ion Polymer battery last 6 years. Charging at 30% is very important running a LI Ion down all the way is bad for it. The hope is Hydrogen infrastructure gets going and we will have suit case size fuel cells that make only water as a byproduct. Chevy was developing a platform car with the battery's motors that could be switched out I hope that design does not get axed by bean counters. I understand the volt is due out 2010 or 2011 and is going to be sold lower than production price. With GM 36 billion dollars in the hole how long will that happen
 
Considering that the technology is still in the development stage, it’s hard to know that now, but we are talking about the same battery type that’s used in cell phones and they can only be recharged a finite number of times.

So yes, the battery will have to be replaced at some point. Granted it’s a pricey repaid, but have you ever owned a car for 10 years? I have and there’s no way to drive one that long without replacing parts. It’s to be expected.

Show me a rechargeable batter that will outlast it. All eclectic cars will have the same problem.
 
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