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The Tesla Model S has been out for more than a decade by now. Nissan Leafs, Renault Zoes and a couple of others have been available as production cars in decent
by tfourb 3y ago
The Tesla Model S has been out for more than a decade by now. Nissan Leafs, Renault Zoes and a couple of others have been available as production cars in decent numbers for a similar length of time. Tesla says that Model S and X cars experience a 12% degradation after 200.000 miles on average. My 2016 Nissan Leaf fares slightly worse than that but it is built on considerably less advanced battery technology as Tesla's of the same era.
Yes, batteries degrade to a certain extend. But especially with higher range cars, this seems to be an issue of limited severity and it certainly does not seem to impact i.e. resale values of EVs.
- JAlexoid 3y ago> The Tesla Model S has been out for more than a decade by now. Which is hardly enough data, to make a claim that "people buy EVs less often". We will only be able to make that claim, after a while of EV usage - which should also include recycling of the batteries. > resale values of EVs Battery degradation definitely has little impact on EVs, it's also the case with ICE - the runtime of an engine doesn't affect the resale value. Mileage would be the primary objective number that impacts the resale value. My 2020 Tesla's resale value is up and down, regardless of the battery pack. It's very clear, that it has very little to do with the batteries.