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> Of note: EV longevity is going in the opposite direction. > Their average age fell from 3.7 years in 2022 to 3.6 years in 2023, in part due to an upswing in
by nonethewiser 4y ago
> Of note: EV longevity is going in the opposite direction.
> Their average age fell from 3.7 years in 2022 to 3.6 years in 2023, in part due to an upswing in new purchases.
- ec109685 4y agoThis is so dumb. Not in part, but primarily / solely.
- MichaelMoser123 4y agoEV battery is degrading over time - a replacement costs ... between 5000-20.000$ [1]. I am not sure that we have objective data on the scale of this issue. [1] https://www.cars.com/articles/how-much-do-electric-car-batteries-cost-to-replace-465308/ https://www.cars.com/articles/how-much-do-electric-car-batte...
- mumblemumble 4y agoA more apples-to-apples comparison would be the % of cars manufactured in a given year that are still on the road. If people are replacing internal combustion vehicles with EVs then that will push the average age of ICEs up and the average age of EVs down for reasons that have to do with arithmetic, not product reliability.