write off
If a car is damaged badly, the insurance company might decide it’s cheaper to replace it than fix it. That decision is called a 'write off'.
A 'write off' occurs when a vehicle’s repair costs exceed its value, leading insurers to declare it a total loss.
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"belt and braces sure well if you can't get a new battery pack then you write it off if the cost of new battery pack is you go to the dealer and it's going to be ten grand you write the car off"
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"Tariffs cost them $1.42 billion. The write-off for Subaru's EVs is $362 million."
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"It's a write off. Yeah. It's just a write off now. You know what?"
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