It didn't just had horrendous service life, it was designed for some set years of life to be regularly replaced and repurposed for battery storages. Nissan had business schemes outlined for that with Leaf packs.
I think Tesla deserves credit for rethinking hat model into chassis-life battery packs and surpluses rather than recovered cells for grid storages.
Especially considering that, resales of Gen1 Leafs milked for EVs and renewables incentives is like destination fees atrocious. You can find fairly zero-milage ones with a functional 100-yard battery pack on sale for couple hundred dollars in some places. Even crashed wrecks of a Tesla cost magnitudes more.
A car chassis is essentially immortal: 30, 40 or even 100+ years. Modern steal is franky amazing compared to cars of the past. Tesla batteries are nowhere near chassis life numbers.
I was stuck in traffic behind an 87 caddy yesterday. It was not a collector car. That chassis is still on the road, seemed to be taking kids to school.
I think Tesla deserves credit for rethinking hat model into chassis-life battery packs and surpluses rather than recovered cells for grid storages.
Especially considering that, resales of Gen1 Leafs milked for EVs and renewables incentives is like destination fees atrocious. You can find fairly zero-milage ones with a functional 100-yard battery pack on sale for couple hundred dollars in some places. Even crashed wrecks of a Tesla cost magnitudes more.