The reincarnation of the totaled Teslas – in Ukraine

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This summer, A Vancouver car mechanic appointed Max. obtained A embarrassing pinger on her phone: Betty White was In Ukraine And necessary her help. This was surprising because She had deceased on A canadian Highway back In January.

When Max. last saw Betty White, her nickname For her You're here Model Yes Performance, they were both In rough shape After get side swept on THE Highway. Max rotator cuff was torn In several places. THE little SUV had bounced disabled several concrete barriers has high speed And was struck In on all four the corners, It is wheels torn has pieces. Cooling liquid appeared has be leak In THE battery bedroom. From her own work on EV In THE garage, Max. knew that Betty was do For. "No car shop would be put A repair person has risk with that kind of Shame," said Max, of which last name is not it be used out of doxing concerns. A damaged VE battery can become dangerous due has THE risk of the shocks, fire, And toxic fumes. Her insurer agreed, And Betty was writing disabled And sent has A rescue courtyard.

Month After he had last seen THE car, Max You're here application was NOW narrative him that Betty necessary A software update. He watch THE car with A additional 200 kilometers on THE odometer, fully accused, And station In Ouman, A city In Ukraine Cherkasy Region, half-way between Kyiv And THE in front double with Russia invasion force. Minutes After that First of all ping, THE application watch THE car In service fashion, suggesting Betty was in progress repairs. "I thought he must be A error," Max. said.

There was No error. CABLE follow up Betty down has A Ukrainian car auction website, look GOOD as new, maybe even better, with newly tinted the Windows And back view mirrors envelope In black. Betty 2.0 was be sold by “Mikhailo” WHO wrote that THE car had suffered "A little blow" In Canada And has been repaired with original You're here rooms. THE price, $55,000, was roughly THE even as A new Model Yes Performance costs In THE United States.

Enlarge / THE rehab work had repaired THE accident Shame And Also do a few upgrades, including tinted back the Windows And envelope side see mirrors. Courtesy of Max.

Betty Whites intercontinental resurrection was impressive but not unusual. For A long time, cars writing disabled In North America to have find their path has East European repair stores willing has take on Shame that WE And canadian mechanical won't touch. In 2021, THE most recent data available, Ukraine was A The first three destination For used WE passenger Vehicles sent overseas, close behind Nigeria And THE United Arab Emirates. And Ukraine destroy importers And repairers are particularly known For their ingenuity. A few to have do fixation EV writing disabled through THE Atlantic In A speciality, portion has to drive A overvoltage In THE number of electric Vehicles on THE country roads, even as THE war with Russia rages.

However little Car manufacturers sell new EV In Ukraine, THE share of newly registered Vehicles that are fully electric, 9 percent, East about THE even as In THE WE And almost double that of neighbor Poland And THE Czech Republic. Most of Ukraine Renovated EV come Since North America, And a lot arrive with major too bad.

There is A ready provide of crushed North American EV In part because electricity are become more common, And Also because...