Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:55 pm
#1732317
The Zoe batteries have a "State of Health" indicator (starts about 102 so not a percentage) accessible via CAN Bus (£10 dongle will connect to a dedicated app called CANZE). So its pretty quick to get the battery health out of the car. The App also shows the current temp and voltage across each section of the battery. The battery is split into something like 12 modules which can each be individually replaced, which is what Renault normally do if there is an issue with one of them.
The lease made sense on a PCP deal when you're paying monthly anyway, and when battery long term health was a bit of an unknown. Also brought the initial purchase price down, which suited lots of people.
There was some strange insurance things going on, as some insurers would insure the car but not the battery (as you didn't own it) but your battery contract required you to have battery insurance.
Also if you were in an accident caused by someone else causing the car to be written off but the battery not damaged, the third party's insurance may refuse to pay for the battery to be re-patriated back to Renault (which Renault charge £2500 to do) so you end up out of pocket (sounds like madness but it has happened to a few people).
Now the batteries are a known quantity, its less risk to the end user and Renault have put a longer warranty on them so the desire for battery hire has diminished.
The lease made sense on a PCP deal when you're paying monthly anyway, and when battery long term health was a bit of an unknown. Also brought the initial purchase price down, which suited lots of people.
There was some strange insurance things going on, as some insurers would insure the car but not the battery (as you didn't own it) but your battery contract required you to have battery insurance.
Also if you were in an accident caused by someone else causing the car to be written off but the battery not damaged, the third party's insurance may refuse to pay for the battery to be re-patriated back to Renault (which Renault charge £2500 to do) so you end up out of pocket (sounds like madness but it has happened to a few people).
Now the batteries are a known quantity, its less risk to the end user and Renault have put a longer warranty on them so the desire for battery hire has diminished.
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