I agree with the points you have made. I'm curious to know about the connected app charges as I haven't heard anything about that from Mahindra yet (I have a 2-month old 9E). Also, if the battery is going to be the largest replacement cost, there is no reason for OEMs to not share publicly what's the price of the battery pack - either the entire 59/79 kwH or the individual cells that go into it - on their websites. As time goes by, batteries do get cheaper, and it would give immense confidence for customers to see that their 15L battery pack in 2025 now costs only 11L in 2029 or some such.
Agreed! Tata has this rule that you need to have the connected app. Mostly they would like to get all the battery statistics from the app.
I agree about the battery pricing too. But expecting OEMs to be transparent is the least likely reality. With lifetime warranty, their incentive to show the pricing further goes down.
I agree with the points you have made. I'm curious to know about the connected app charges as I haven't heard anything about that from Mahindra yet (I have a 2-month old 9E). Also, if the battery is going to be the largest replacement cost, there is no reason for OEMs to not share publicly what's the price of the battery pack - either the entire 59/79 kwH or the individual cells that go into it - on their websites. As time goes by, batteries do get cheaper, and it would give immense confidence for customers to see that their 15L battery pack in 2025 now costs only 11L in 2029 or some such.
Agreed! Tata has this rule that you need to have the connected app. Mostly they would like to get all the battery statistics from the app.
I agree about the battery pricing too. But expecting OEMs to be transparent is the least likely reality. With lifetime warranty, their incentive to show the pricing further goes down.