RE:RE:RE:RE:The beauty of refining margins
Experienced wrote: mrbb.....According to Consumer Reports, the average lifespan of a car EV battery is about 500K km or about 17 years for the average driver.
How they know this is beyond me but if it is true then very few people will experience your last sentence. As for charging, there are basically two standards....TSLA and everyone else and even there there are adaptors.
please quote consumer report correctly
Consumer Reports estimates the average EV battery pack’s lifespan to be at around 200,000 miles, which is nearly 17 years of use if driven 12,000 miles per year.
200,000 miles equate to 323,800 km, not 54.4% more at 500,000 km.
How does consumer report define a battery lifespan? A good defective free EV battery loses 1/3 of charge in 15 years. Seem like consumver report define battery life at 17 years or around 60% of charge capability. In extreme cold and hot environment, cut those figures. For a chinese brand which most people likely can afford, cut those figures some more. It cost 22k C$ to replace tesla model 3 battery, that's 6.77 ct/km operating cost just for a new battery.
@7:50 (4) Out-of-Warranty Tesla Battery Life: The TRUTH - YouTube
Do people replace their phone battery or just go get a new smartphone? That's the clue to EV.