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Something I think we're missing the mark on with the EV transition is not taking the opportunity to make EV batteries more generic, which would make them cheape
by asow92 3y ago
Something I think we're missing the mark on with the EV transition is not taking the opportunity to make EV batteries more generic, which would make them cheaper to replace.
Imagine who's going to take the time and money to replace these batteries when these vehicles are 20 years old. Will there be classic EVs 20 years from now, or will they be disposable because nobody is making replacement batteries?
Yes, of course the economics of repairing classic cars is also an issue with traditional internal combustion vehicles, but isn't the goal of EVs to be greener in the first place? Disposable cars don't seem very green to me.
- spiderxxxx 3y agoReplacing the batteries on a leaf is now possible, even the earliest ones. People can buy an aftermarket battery and install it. Far from being disposable, the components of the batteries after replacement are reused, sometimes the battery itself lost some large percentage of its capacity, but it is useful enough. The issue with the replacement batteries is that the computer in those old leafs doesn't account for larger batteries, so the range calculations are all wrong.
- asow92 3y agoI think what I'm suggesting is more along the lines of regulatory bodies working with OEMs to determine a set of physical battery and software standards that are shared across all vehicles in the market. The goal of these standards being batteries of common sizes that would fit in any other vehicle of a particular class.