EV Batteries Can Outlast A Vehicle’s Lifetime With Minimal Degradation, Study Finds - The battery degradation rate in modern EVs has gone down by almost a quarter in the past five years.
EV Batteries Can Outlast A Vehicle’s Lifetime With Minimal Degradation, Study Finds - The battery degradation rate in modern EVs has gone down by almost a quarter in the past five years.
Don't worry I'm sure they will figure out a solution to this so you still need to buy a new one every 5 to 7 years
A 1.8% annual degradation rate means that in 20 years, the battery of an EV would theoretically still have 64% life in it. In other words, it could still theoretically achieve 64% of its original range figures. So in the case of a Tesla Model Y Long Range All-Wheel Drive, one of the best-selling EVs in the world, its original 320-mile range would go down to 204.8 miles, which would still be plenty for town driving or even short road trips.
What’s more, Geotab said that highly used EVs don’t show increased battery degradation rates, meaning more value can be achieved the more they are driven.
I would like to actual numbers like how many hundreds of thousands of miles.
And car drivechains should last a long friggin time so these headlines of battery outlasts car are stupid and inaccurate.
It's not just the drivetrain - if you're in cold areas that salt the roads you can lose the suspension or frame to rust damage.
Charge Taxi is Kelowna BC started back in 2012 when the city didn't let Uber in. They now have a fleet of Teslas pushing a million kliometers.
An annual degradation of 1.8% over 20 years gives more than 69% capacity the end of the period, so it’s better than what you posted.
Each year, you have 0.982 of the previous year’s capacity (1 - 0.018), so the capacity at the end of the 20 years is 0.982 ^ 20.
So now is the time to buy an EV. Hit that sweet spot where new technology durability outpaces planned obsolescence
People are forgetting that first Toyota Prius had everlasting batteries, except they were always running between 40% and 60% of charge.
It's not hard to make long lived battery, but you inherently have to sacrifice a lot of capacity
I hope this is true- the main drawback to EVs has been they become total ewaste in like 7-10 years.
#2 problem is the lack of serviceability of the battery packs themselves- https://www.autoevolution.com/news/yikes-the-60000-hyundai-ioniq-5-battery-replacement-saga-continues-226590.html
I think government mandate for interchangeable battery models based on some kind of standard, and requirements that they are removable and repairable is required to force manufacturers stop making these things proprietary and non-serviceable.