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The average electric car will need a new battery by then. Will it make sense to buy a new one?
by nonethewiser 4y ago
The average electric car will need a new battery by then. Will it make sense to buy a new one?
- ec109685 4y agoCost of replacement battery less than it’s worth used when we looked for a Tesla model s.
- kibwen 4y agoThe components that fail most often in gas-powered cars are timing belts, alternators, brake pads, radiators, gearboxes. Electric vehicles don't have any of these (well, they have brake pads, but they don't use them). There's reason to suspect that EVs should last much longer, on average, than ICE vehicles. The only component that EVs have that ICEs don't is the battery, and the cells, while in high demand, are dead simple. They're all just standard li-ion 18650s wired together. Which is to say, who needs to buy a new EV? Refurbish your old one by changing the battery once a decade, and once in a while your suspension will need replaced.
- userbinator 4y agoThey're all just standard li-ion 18650s wired together. For now, at least... but hasn't Tesla already moved on to bigger cells?
- kibwen 4y agoTesla bought a battery startup and made grand claims as to revolutionary new battery chemistry, but last I checked (a few months ago) they had yet to actually ship anything other than the same batteries they always have.
- imoverclocked 4y agoBatteries are in the top, if not the top, failures in an ICE. The role it plays is different but it’s definitely still there and is even replaced as it starts showing signs of aging.
- bryanlarsen 3y ago> The average electric car will need a new battery by then No it won't. Some will, but most won't. EV's have been around long enough to have longevity data, and a 200,000 mile batteries are averaging well over 80% capacity. (Unless you have a Leaf).