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I already addressed this: n practice we're seeing ~25% loss of capacity at 40k miles in LEAF real world testing. 30% loss at 50k miles is the accepted norm. Ca
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
I already addressed this:
n practice we're seeing ~25% loss of capacity at 40k miles in LEAF real world testing. 30% loss at 50k miles is the accepted norm. Capacity goes down annually after that. It seems that some cars are doing better, but play cars owned by the rich that get very few miles like the early Tesla sportscars. Real world daily-drivers like the LEAF experience the exact decay that was predicted. Lithium-ion isnt some new hot tech we don't understand. We understand it very well.
- ethanbond 12y agoTwo completely different cars show different rates of deterioration: "Must be because rich people drive one of them." I just told you the actual numbers, 100,000 miles at 80-85% capacity. You can't just say "get very few miles." I just told you how many miles.
- drzaiusapelord 12y agoIts the same battery tech. The only difference is that daily driving, which is the typical use case, wears them out faster. Probably due to getting the batteries hotter as they run longer, in traffic, etc. Its still lithium-ion. It will behave the same way regardless of brand or celebrity CEO worship. >I just told you the actual numbers From a non-daily driver two seat sports car. Other sources follow the LEAF's numbers. My buddy's Porsche runs fairly well and its 30 years old. That doesn't mean you can have a 30 year old daily driver.
- mstachowiak 12y agoHere's the actual data for the Tesla Model S. Far superior to the Leaf and inline with the roadster. No need to compre apples to oranges. http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/battery-degradation-finally-some-data http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/battery-degradation-f...