LughMtoFuturology@futurology.todayEnglish·24 days agoEV Batteries Can Outlast A Vehicle’s Lifetime With Minimal Degradation, Study Finds - The battery degradation rate in modern EVs has gone down by almost a quarter in the past five years.(insideevs.com)external-linkarrow-up191arrow-down11message-square13fedilink
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkEV Batteries Can Outlast A Vehicle’s Lifetime With Minimal Degradation, Study Finds - The battery degradation rate in modern EVs has gone down by almost a quarter in the past five years.(insideevs.com)LughMtoFuturology@futurology.todayEnglish·24 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareSirSamuelEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·24 days agolinkfedilinkSo now is the time to buy an EV. Hit that sweet spot where new technology durability outpaces planned obsolescence
minus-squareBlackLaZoRarrow-up4arrow-down2·24 days agolinkfedilinkPeople are forgetting that first Toyota Prius had everlasting batteries, except they were always running between 40% and 60% of charge. It’s not hard to make long lived battery, but you inherently have to sacrifice a lot of capacity
So now is the time to buy an EV. Hit that sweet spot where new technology durability outpaces planned obsolescence
People are forgetting that first Toyota Prius had everlasting batteries, except they were always running between 40% and 60% of charge.
It’s not hard to make long lived battery, but you inherently have to sacrifice a lot of capacity