Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire is still where it always has been which is not on the West Coast of Scotland.

Winter & salted roads and cars living near the seaside can rot, but this one is ridiculous. 

 

 

So in summary: the 10 years old car is ready to be scrapped is because the body is rusted. The electric powertrain, not needing any servicing throughout its life, works great and can continue to work after the car get some attention from body shop.

 

In another 5 years time. 15 years is considered average lifetime of a car. I do wonder what will be EV percentage of the triplet. It would be interesting to compare it to original sales figure. I would think EV percentage would increase because it is so cheap to continue to run an EV. Whereas a timing belt replacement may be more expensive than total value of the car.

It will be interesting to see if 15-20 year old BMW i3's are strong of body and could just do with the EV hardware and software updated.

19 hours ago, Roottoot said:

It will be interesting to see if 15-20 year old BMW i3's are strong of body and could just do with the EV hardware and software updated.

From what I've seen, those i3 REx will be first to retire due to uneconomical to repair the gaskets on those ICE.

https://www.speakev.com/threads/for-the-love-of-god-do-not-run-an-i3-without-a-warranty.101153/#post-1819745

 

EV hardware update? As long as the range still suits individual needs, it doesn't really need any hardware updates.

 

This is the mentality I have with my first-gen Leaf. Its range is more than enough for wife. 5-10 years down the line, as long as wife's driving needs doesn't change, the outdated powertrain will still be an excellent car....... as long as rest of the car holds up.