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It's how these batteries work. We have decades of experience with Lithium-Ion batteries now.
by samus 4y ago
It's how these batteries work. We have decades of experience with Lithium-Ion batteries now.
- rcxdude 4y agoEV battery lifetime has basically surprised everyone. They're lasting way longer than anyone expected. It seems this is mostly because most battery lifetime data was from 0-100% charge cycling, which is rare for most EVs, and cycling over smaller ranges with smaller duty cycles and slower charging (also the norm in EVs but rare in tests) makes a huge difference to lifetime (which was already known to some extent, but was not anticipated when EVs with large battery packs first came onto the market). In fact one of the reasons we don't have large-scale battery recycling at the moment is because there's still relatively few batteries even from this first generation which have reached the end of their life.