Rivian R1T pickup house owners needs to be cautious of even minor fender benders, because the car’s complicated design may lead to an enormous restore invoice.
EV weblog InsideEVs says the proprietor of a Rivian R1T pickup in North Carolina was just lately quoted $41,000 – practically half the worth of the car – to repair a minor dent on the driverside rear panel bumper
$41,000 to repair this?!
“So the proprietor did a little bit of analysis and got here throughout Matt Boyette, who runs All Out Paintless Dent Elimination in Jacksonville, Florida, and determined to ship his EV 500 miles south to try to get the broken rear finish mounted,” InsideEVs mentioned.
“These car are very troublesome to work on because of the restricted entry to the bottom of the harm. We had been capable of restore the dent utilizing paintless dent removing and keep the manufacturing facility components and end, in addition to stop a stain on the carfax. We had the car in our possession for 3 days, which is a manner higher cycle time, than it sitting in a physique store for presumably a month or extra,” Boyette from All Out Paintless Dent Elimination wrote in a YouTube video description.
As a substitute of $41,000 and half the truck torn aside, InsideEVs famous {that a} “restore like this often prices between $3,000 and $7,000, so between 7 and 17 p.c of the unique quote.”
Boyette mentioned, “I am positively anticipating to see extra Rivians. For the reason that video went viral, which is now at virtually 8 million views, I’ve had quite a few individuals attain out to me from everywhere in the nation in want of comparable repairs.”
In July, one other Rivian R1T pickup proprietor was quoted $42,000 for a minor accident.
Auto specialists have mentioned repairing EVs is costlier than fixing gasoline autos. We penned a observe in March titled Not ESG-Pleasant: Insurers Junk Complete EVs For Minor Accidents. It solely takes one minor accident to wreck a battery pack, and if that happens, it should be changed at the price of tens of hundreds of {dollars}.
Are EVs even value it?
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