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The current production Li-ion cells have a few hundred cycles. Once we actually get to that 1500 - we can talk. But again - a claim that "people buy EVs less"
by JAlexoid 3y ago
The current production Li-ion cells have a few hundred cycles. Once we actually get to that 1500 - we can talk.
But again - a claim that "people buy EVs less" isn't grounded in any fact at all. You know, because people replace cars far more often than "engine failure" or "battery pack is bust"
- Gibbon1 3y agoTo be rigorous battery life is a function of depth of discharge, the discharge rate, and temperature. The sort of shallow charge and discharge cycles you see with EV's aren't the same as spec 80% high rate discharges. You could grossly estimate battery life by multiplying the spec battery life in cycles times the EV's max range.
- JAlexoid 3y agoI'm not arguing with an estimate. My argument is simply to refute the claim that "people don't buy EVs as often"... Which is based on estimates and and gut feeling, not exactly backed by any statistics at this point. Right now - we know for a fact that ICE vehicles can run for decades, we have only very limited data on Li-ion road use EVs. And even then, we will only have only a decade of a smaller number of older generation battery pack EVs. There are plenty of decades old EVs that are specialized, but they aren't anywhere close to what a Tesla is. We can't compare electric golf carts and Tesla Model 3.