Cost of EV battery replacement shortens their life significantly. Hazardous

May 4, 2024
2:10:35pm

septicpumper 3rd String

Hazardous waste just filling up landfills and getting into drinking water.

The used EVs that could be hard to sell because batteries won't last

Many EVs will lose up to 12% of their charge capacity by six years. Yet the cost of replacing an EV battery is astonishingly high, our research found.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/mailplus/article-13367571/The-used-electric-car-timebomb-Tens-thousands-EVs-soon-impossible-sell-batteries-wont-affected.html

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I don't even know where to start with this post...

TheLost Parody account

May 3, 4:04pm

Is that weight with the battery charged, or uncharged?

Ragnar Danneskjold

May 3, 4:07pm

charged.. its so light when the battery is down to 30% its basicly unsafe.

TheLost

May 3, 4:08pm

But on a more serious note, most EV drivers around here like to test their 0-60 at each red light. I'm sure that is

Ragnar Danneskjold

May 3, 4:11pm

That only leaves the $$ tires on the road.

TheLost

May 3, 4:25pm

RE: That only leaves the $$ tires on the road.

Ragnar Danneskjold

May 3, 4:47pm

Someone sent up the bat signal

BYUMizzou

May 3, 4:07pm

That 10 years thing is conjecture right? Do we have any real world evidence of

NC CougarBear

May 3, 4:13pm

I can believe it on the early EVs. Old Nissan Leafs are not worth the cost of a replacement battery pack.

John Doe

May 3, 4:21pm

My 2016 Nissan Leaf is still going strong. Battery has degraded some, sure.

CPAcoug87

May 3, 4:25pm

Cost of EV battery replacement shortens their life significantly. Hazardous

septicpumper

May 4, 2:10pm

I agree on cars. The arguments I saw were specific to long-haul semi trucks. No idea whether they are valid or not.

John Doe

May 3, 4:15pm

Why call out the whole post and only address one of the items listed?

Jericho

May 3, 4:17pm

If you give me a short list of "facts" and one is suspect and I have knowledge

NC CougarBear

May 3, 4:22pm

Because nobody really wants facts on CB...

TheLost

May 3, 4:44pm

Save the world, rebuild a 50-year old classic car.

Division Bell

May 3, 4:18pm

All or nothing reasoning isn’t reasonable (on either side of this issue)

RWaters

May 3, 4:18pm

The BMW looks 1000% better.

Swag Kazekage

May 3, 4:36pm

Pig snout grill, nuff said.

OnEMoReTrY

May 3, 5:13pm

Why isn’t the Model 3 compared to something actually similar?

MarylandFan

May 3, 5:08pm

WSJ: EVs emit WAY more particles

septicpumper

May 3, 5:31pm

Guardian article. EV ecological disaster

septicpumper

May 3, 5:35pm

EVs cause more than twice the road damage

septicpumper

May 3, 5:37pm

Precisely why we need a universal weight tax. Unfortunately neither side seems

Yiowa

May 3, 5:40pm

Fine but we need to recognize the total environmental impact of EVs includes

septicpumper

May 3, 6:12pm

I agree, and that also applies to the size and weight of most trucks.

Yiowa

May 3, 7:40pm

Now find a study from the US... because a Toyota Sienna Curb Weight = 4,610 lb.. Model Y Curb Weight = 4,398 lb

TheLost

May 4, 9:31am

EVs weigh more than gas and that causes more road damage (ie environmental neg)

septicpumper

May 4, 1:34pm

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