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jit187,
Option 3 is the only outcome I can foresee unfortunately & we have all signed knowing that is the outcome.
because the battery is 2nd hand and used – so I am not saying that Renault sells it to me reduced directly because I have paid the lease for 2+ years, but instead the flipside should be if Renault don’t sell the battery to me at a reduced price, can they achieve more in terms of price after additional costs for removal and transport?
I mean this is all unknown, but I am assuming the easiest, cheapest and the ‘right’ thing in terms of customer service for Renault to do is sell the battery to their customers… and avoid scenario 2
otherwise I promise I am ready to throw the battery out the car and tell Renault to pick it up… (so as long as I can find a private battery that works in my car… )
look – what I am asking Renault for is not unreasonable. regardless of what I signed up for 2 years ago things have changed. 2 years ago Zoe-I was not available and was not known.
so all I am saying is Renault needs to be fair and put forward some costs for buying to those who want to buy. I understand that buying the battery is not for everyone on here.
but all I am asking is that you all just think about the position we are actually left in by Renault without no real way out. so if you can take 10 minutes out of your day and drop the ombudsman a line to raise the issue this would be greatly appreciated. one man cant change the world, but a few EV loons can make enough noise to be heard by Renault…
FYI jit187, if you do go the route of getting a firm to build a custom pack (especially if its increased capacity) and you are looking for other users to buy in to reduce the costs I will likely be interested.
I love the Zoe, its a great car, and could meet my needs for years. Especially when/if some smarty pants rights some ODBII software to do all the stuff “Click” does. Pretty hopeful someone will, there is such a setup for Fiat owners and I found it invaluable, added 5 years to my ownership of my Stilo, all for a £60 bit of software.
This does seem to be missing that the battery has a very finite life. If you keep your car for 10 years and carry on leasing, Renault will replace the battery when it wears out.
That’s the whole point of this lease malarky – the worry about the battery goes away.
If I recall correctly, the longest period Renault will lease a battery for is 6 years / 72 months.
What happens after that they don’t say. Perhaps the car is scrap as far as they are concerned?
At 7,500 miles/year by then you could have travelled 45,000 miles and paid £5,040 in lease for a battery that costs £7,392 inc VAT to buy – if you were allowed to. Even in the i version the battery is £5,000 extra.Hopefully either Renault of some other third party battery supplier will fill the gap at a sensible price, or very nice car will be condemned prematurely.
I bought my car on a 4 year PCP deal back in September last year paying £70 PM for battery. (Just before they reduced the battery rental to £50)
Anyway, as much as I hate having to pay almost as much in battery rental as I did in petrol for my old car I am now on my 3rd (yes third!) battery in my car.
Mine was a showroom model which had been left at full charge for about 6 weeks inside the dealership, even though it clearly states not to do this in Renaults own manual. Therefore when it came to taking delivery of my new car, it was shot and had to be replaced with battery number 2.
Battery number two failed just recently as I was commuting home on the M1. Messages included “Check Speed Limiter” “Battery Charging Impossible” “Check Electrical System” along with the warning lights for the traction battery and the sevice light.
Long story short – Battery number 2 = Kaput!
So now effectively Renault have splashed out about about £21K in batteries for my little £11K car so that makes me feel much better
As it stands there is no way I will be paying the £6800 GFV on my Zoe. Even if they reduced it to ten bob I would be wary.
In light if the above posts I have just checked my battery lease and it states that the agreement can’t be continued beyond 6 years or 120,000 miles. What happens then I wonder ?You sign another agreement.
Or renault sent you a certificate of ownership of the battery! Now that would be nice.
Sandy unfortunately the certificate will start ‘Once upon a time’ & end ‘and they all lived happily ever after’!!!
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