I think that was mainly due to early EVs having low battery capacities in general (because batteries cost a lot more then) so daily commuting would cycle them m

I think that was mainly due to early EVs having low battery capacities in general (because batteries cost a lot more then) so daily commuting would cycle them much more deeply than current high-capacity models. This 2017 article[1] shows battery life data for hundreds of Tesla Model S's (which have always come with large-capacity batteries). One of the highest-mileage cars in their data pool had just over 220k km (137k mi) on its battery with 90% of the original capacity remaining. There are also a few outliers with under 100k km that are below 90% capacity, I suspect those are cars that have been subject to a lot of long drives and supercharging. [1] https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1110149_tesla-model-s-battery-life-what-the-data-show-so-far https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1110149_tesla-model-s-b...