See point 5, in the early days that was widely expected to happen, but batteries actually exceeded expectations.
The age out period seems to be about a 10-20 years (before the battery life degradation starts to make the car annoying to drive).
You can just look at used EVs for sale and look for the remaining battery capacity (the computer reports this). 90% in a 10 year old car is not uncommon.
Anything you drive daily, you're going to spend more on fuel than on the car itself, so in the (say) 15 years of battery usable life, you've saved more than enough gas money to buy a new car.
And if you live in the north where they salt the roads, you are saving absolutely nothing because the rest of the car has the same lifespan.
Caleb James DeLisle
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2026-03-28 18:43:40 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…24ft
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