{"id":1974420,"date":"2023-07-16T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ev-suffers-minor-fender-bender-owner-stunned-as-repair-bill-skyrockets-to-42000-when-mechanics-start-work\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T12:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:35:10","slug":"ev-suffers-minor-fender-bender-owner-stunned-as-repair-bill-skyrockets-to-42000-when-mechanics-start-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ev-suffers-minor-fender-bender-owner-stunned-as-repair-bill-skyrockets-to-42000-when-mechanics-start-work\/","title":{"rendered":"EV owner shocked as repair bill soars to $42,000 after minor fender bender."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fev-suffers-minor-fender-bender-owner-stunned-as-repair-bill-skyrockets-to-42000-when-mechanics-start-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EV \u2063Suffers\u200b Minor \u2062Fender Bender, Owner Stunned\u200d as Repair \u2063Bill Skyrockets to\u2063 $42,000 When\u2062 Mechanics \u200dStart Work<\/h2>\n<p>Even a small \u200bbump on\u2064 an electric vehicle\u2062 can\u2064 mean\u2063 big \u200dmoney in\u2063 repairs, as one Rivian owner\u200b has discovered.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b May, Rivian\u2062 R1T\u2063 owner\u200b Chris Apfelstadt went \u200bpublic\u200b with the cost\u200c of a \u200bFebruary accident\u200c in which\u200d his\u2062 truck was \u200crear-ended.\u200b The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-zoom-call-shows-us-federal-employees-conspiring-to-sabotage-the-trump-administration-video\/\" title=\"Leaked Zoom Call Shows US Federal Employees Conspiring to Sabotage the Trump Administration (VIDEO)\">bottom line<\/a> was an\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-woke-movie-disasters\/\" title=\"10 Woke Movie Disasters\">eye-popping <\/a>,000, according to the \u200cauto news website \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/news\/rivian-r1t-fender-bender-turns-into-42000-repair-bill\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">The \u2064Drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u2063expected \u200dit to\u200d be \u200cexpensive,\u200c but \u200dit was still\u200c a\u2063 shocking number,\u201d Apfelstadt said, according\u2063 to <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/03\/business\/car-repairs-electric-vehicles.html\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\">The New \u2064York\u200d Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200b  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Between the \u2064cost\u200c of the repair \u2063and \u200cthe rental \u2063car Apfelstadt used in the interim,\u200b the\u2062 whole venture\u200b came \u201cvery\u2062 close \u2064to\u200b maxing \u2063out the other \u200bdriver\u2019s \u200c$50,000 insurance\u2064 payout \u2063limit,\u201d\u2063 The Drive reported.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Times report \u2063said huge\u200b repair \u2062bill for electric vehicles is a\u2062 reason \u2063that the average\u200b cost of\u2062 fixing \u2064a vehicle \u2014 \u200cgas- \u200dor\u200c electric-powered\u2062 \u2014 has\u200b risen 36\u2062 percent since 2018, which has contributed to\u200d the 17 \u200bpercent hike \u200cin insurance \u2062premiums \u200bin the\u2062 12\u200d months \u2063that \u2063ended \u200din \u200dMay.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Times \u200dsummed up the repair world by \u200bwriting that vehicles, including\u200d many electric \u2063ones \u2062on the\u2062 market, \u201chave become so complex \u200cand luxurious \u200dthat seemingly simple repairs can \u2062cost a\u200b small \u200cfortune.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2062 \u200d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2062 modern digital architecture is \u200bso\u200b advanced \u2063that \u2064systems beyond\u200b point of impact are\u2063 being disrupted,\u201d\u200d Ryan Mandell,\u2062 director of claims performance for \u200bMitchell, \u200da \u2062company \u2063that provides information to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">insurance companies<\/a>\u2064 and auto repair\u2064 businesses, told the Times.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-derek-chauvin-trial-coverage-to-ninth-day\/\" title=\"The Derek Chauvin Trial \u2013 Coverage to Ninth Day\">car back<\/a> to pre-loss condition\u200c is \u2064harder than at any \u2064point in\u2064 history, and will \u2064only become more challenging,\u201d\u200d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Times \u2063reports said Rivian, \u2064the\u200c maker of\u2062 Apfelstadt\u2019s\u2064 vehicle, has \u200ba limited\u2062 repair \u2064network\u200c of\u200b about 200 shops, unlike\u2063 Ford\u2019s 2,800 dealers.<\/p>\n<p>Data \u200bprovided by Mitchell indicated \u200dthat \u2063the average repair bill for an \u200celectric \u200dvehicle last year\u2062 was about $6,800. That\u2019s\u200d about $2,400 more\u200d than the \u2062overall vehicle average<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Times report said\u2062 <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tesla-owner-locked-car-ev-battery-died-amid-texas-heat\/\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teslas<\/a>, which\u2062 sell\u200b for\u2062 between\u2064 $40,000 and \u200d$110,000, are about 75 percent of the EV-related collision claims.<\/p>\n<p>Damage \u2064to an EV\u2019s battery pack is a \u2063daunting\u2063 challenge,\u200d according to\u200b Sandy Munro, an engineer and\u2062 consultant\u200c who\u2064 hosts \u2064a YouTube \u200bshow,\u200d who was interviewed \u200cby \u200dthe\u2064 Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight \u2064now, if\u200d there\u2019s serious damage to \u2064the pack, \u200bnobody is anxious to \u2062take \u2063a shot at \u2064repairing\u200b that,\u201d\u200d he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Apfelstadt told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/news\/rivian-r1t-fender-bender-turns-into-42000-repair-bill\" \u2063target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">The Drive<\/a> that the construction of\u200d his\u2062 vehicle was one reason\u200b a \u2064fix\u2062 initially\u2064 estimated to \u200bbe\u200d under $2,000 evolved into a \u200cmonster \u2064bill.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2063 biggest\u2064 story here is that \u200bwhat \u200dappears\u2063 to\u2064 be a \u2062minor\u200b accident on the surface can \u2062be \u200dmuch \u2064more costly\u2064 to\u200c fix. The\u200d truck is\u200d designed [to]\u200c absorb the impact \u200cto\u200d limit injuries to the driver \u200band passengers. So\u2062 in the\u200b event of \u200da collision,\u200b they need \u2062to inspect a lot\u2064 of \u2062parts\u2064 to make \u2062sure they \u200cwere not \u2064damaged,\u201d\u200c he\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe back quarter \u200bpanel was \u200cdamaged\u200b and that \u200cpiece goes all the way from the \u200ctailgate\u200b to \u200dthe\u200c front windshield,\u201d Apfelstadt said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After looking into the matter \u200dclosely for an\u2063 article \u200don the\u2063 automotive-culture \u200dwebsite \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theautopian.com\/heres-why-that-rivian-r1t-repair-cost-42000-after-just-a-minor-fender-bender\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">The \u200dAutopian<\/a>, website co-founder\u2063 Jason \u2064Torchinsky wrote that Apelstadt was not quite right on \u2063some details, but\u200c found out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-odd-shootings-killed-seven-people-stemmed-100-repair-bill-prosecutor-says\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repairs<\/a>\u2063 did involve \u201ca process that proved \u2064to \u200cbe incredibly, even shockingly, complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2063 noted that \u201cby the\u200c time all \u2064of\u2063 that is\u2063 done, an awful \u200dlot of that truck has \u200cbeen \u200cdisassembled.\u2063 And \u2064that\u2019s not \u2062even addressing the\u2063 new bumper or\u200d the brackets behind the\u200c bumper and the\u200b rear\u2063 under-bumper sill panel, which, in \u2064this\u2063 case, \u200ddid sustain some\u200c damage, \u2064and \u2063had to be replaced, also\u2064 a non-trivial job because they\u2019re riveted \u2063and \u200dbonded into\u2062 place,\u201d citing\u2064 information from\u2062 the shop\u200c that made\u2064 the repairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn \u200bshort,\u200d the\u200c cascade effect\u200c that starts \u2064with \u2063needing to paint \u200da new \u2063tailgate to\u2062 the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ev-suffers-minor-fender-bender-owner-stunned-as-repair-bill-skyrockets-to-42000-when-mechanics-start-work\/\" title=\"EV owner shocked as repair bill soars to ,000 after minor fender bender.\">color-matching quality demanded\u200d turned<\/a> \u200dinto a process that\u2062 took apart half a \u2062very complex \u200cpickup truck,\u201d \u200bhe wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062post \u200c<a \u2062rel=\"nofollow\" \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ev-suffers-minor-fender-bender-owner-stunned-repair-bill-skyrockets-42000-mechanics-start-work\/\">EV\u2064 Suffers \u2064Minor\u200d Fender\u200c Bender, Owner \u2062Stunned as Repair \u200bBill \u2064Skyrockets\u2064 to $42,000\u2062 When Mechanics Start Work<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A minor collision on a Rivian electric vehicle proved to be a costly affair for owner Chris Apfelstadt. After sharing the details of a February accident where his truck was rear-ended, Apfelstadt revealed the staggering repair bill of $42,000. This incident highlights the significant expenses associated with even small damages on electric vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1974421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}