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Has anyone ever factored in battery replacement cost? All of the things you mention (pumps, etc.) Break only after long usage (60-80-100k?) Oil changes and fil
by dhdhhdd 6y ago
Has anyone ever factored in battery replacement cost? All of the things you mention (pumps, etc.) Break only after long usage (60-80-100k?)
Oil changes and filters are reasonably cheap, i guess $50 every 5-10k miles?
I would really want to see long term cost of ownership of ev once you include replacement battery.
Edit: of course the repairs add up as the car gets older for ic (because of things you mention), but i wonder how does that stack against battery itself.
- ogre_codes 6y agoBatteries typically degrade slowly over the life of the car. Not a ton of hard data since there aren't a lot of Teslas out there with 200-500k miles. The ones that have made it that far seem to retain about 90% capacity after 150k miles.
- dhdhhdd 6y ago90% after 150k miles sounds amazing. I find it unbelievably amazing.
- Gibbon1 6y agoBesides better battery technology. A bigger battery means the discharge rate is lower. The amount of damage discharging does decreases as the discharge rate drops. I think there is a knee around C4-5. And of course the same amount loss in absolute terms is lower as a percentage with a bigger battery. Meaning losing 5kwh on a 30kwh battery is 0.83% vs 5 kwh on a 60kwh battery is only 92%. Proper way to think of battery life is depreciation per mile. If a battery costs $8000 and lasts 200,000 miles, that's 4 cents a mile. If it only last 150,000 miles that's still only 5.3 cents/mile.