EVs with smaller batteries degrade faster. IIRC, one of the big reasons Teslas are comparatively expensive is because their batteries are gigantic relative to

EVs with smaller batteries degrade faster. IIRC, one of the big reasons Teslas are comparatively expensive is because their batteries are gigantic relative to their range. They're basically using a lot of energy from the battery to power cooling systems to keep the battery cool, which means they degrade much more slowly. You can look up user-generated plots of average battery degradation and see that most Teslas still have 90% of their range after 100k miles. Other cheaper EVs manage this equation differently and their batteries do degrade more quickly.