If you limit the charge of the lithium battery to something like 4.0v versus 4.2v (70-75% capacity) you can double or triple the amount the useful cycles. All

If you limit the charge of the lithium battery to something like 4.0v versus 4.2v (70-75% capacity) you can double or triple the amount the useful cycles. All of this is nice because electric motors are essentially infinitely rebuild-able provided they are not burned out or abused. There is absolutely no question that electric motors are superior to gasoline motors in every way. More torque, simpler, less maintenance. The problem has always been the batteries. Provided the batteries can be replaced without destroying a car and there isn't some sort of DRM protecting the car from third party batteries there isn't any reason why you would want to buy a new car except to waste money.