The fact that EVs aren't being repaired after minor accidents seems like a big step backward to me.
You'd think car manufacturers and insurers would want to make their cars MORE RESILIANT and MORE SUSTAINABLE rather then less sustainable.
AND It seems to me the car manufacturers are more to blame then the insurers.
Apparently the insurance companies are pressing the EV manufactures to give them more data on battery failures but the EV manufacturers are refusing to share their battery data.
It gotten so bad that the insurance companies are charging EV owners much higher insurance premiums then an ICE driver faces, AND the insurance companies are threatening to pump up their premiums even higher if the EV companies don't get their act together.
car-insurance-firms-threaten-ev-makersAND Apparently not all EV brands automatically get thrown away after a minor crash.
Tesla seems to be the worse. Their batteries are utterly unrepairable so the car isn't repairable either and it gets trashed after minor accidents.
And Stallantis is just as bad....they make Chrysler, Jeep, Fiat and Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Citroën, Dodge, DS, Fiat Professional, Lancia, Maserati, Mopar, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall.
Stellantis policy is that any accident where the air bag deploys (i.e. a crash at 8 mph) means the EV is automatically classified as unrepairable and trashed. And they might trash the car at under 8 mph, but if the airbags deploy forget it....the EV is going to the crusher.
HECK....a mobility scooter for the very very old goes at 8 mph. AND Come to think of it...mobility scooters are EVs too!
EV owners should try to keep their speed under 8 mph. Any crash at a higher speed will result in their EV being classified as unrepairable and off it goes to the junkyard!!!! And if two EVs collide both must be going less then 4 mph or they'll BOTH GET CRUSHED!!!!WHAT A WASTE!!!
SHEESH!!!!!