Statically, that’s not true, and is bordering on decades-old fear mongering about EVs.
In modern EVs, the battery will likely outlast the car body it is sitting installed in, or at least match the expected lifespan of the vehicle. There are a few EVs on the road right now with battery packs that have been driven many hundreds of thousands of miles.
The upfront cost of EVs is still a problem, but most people won’t need to spend thousands on a new or refurbished battery pack after a few years.
All coming from one PR firm in NY botting Reddit and Youtube.
Every month some Boomer tells me how my hybrid battery wiill last 2 years and cost $50,000 to replace.
Meanwhile, it has an 8 year warranty and in 8 years I saved enough $$$ that the car is free. Math, bitches.
Statistically you’re using statistics wrong, that’s my directly observed experience of vehicle salvage and the extreme low end of the used market. Show me a $1k EV that’s still usable. Much less than 5 or so is because it needs a battery that costs around that. I’ve stripped packs for cells and know what even a dead core goes for/how common they are too. “Expected lifespan” is unsustainable nonrepairable anticonsumer bullshit whatever tech it’s applied to, some of us are still trying to use this stuff after the lease is up and warranty’s expired.
Statically, that’s not true, and is bordering on decades-old fear mongering about EVs.
In modern EVs, the battery will likely outlast the car body it is sitting installed in, or at least match the expected lifespan of the vehicle. There are a few EVs on the road right now with battery packs that have been driven many hundreds of thousands of miles.
The upfront cost of EVs is still a problem, but most people won’t need to spend thousands on a new or refurbished battery pack after a few years.
Here’s a well-made (and broadly pessimistic) source if you’re interested: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01698-1
All coming from one PR firm in NY botting Reddit and Youtube.
Every month some Boomer tells me how my hybrid battery wiill last 2 years and cost $50,000 to replace.
Meanwhile, it has an 8 year warranty and in 8 years I saved enough $$$ that the car is free. Math, bitches.
Statistically you’re using statistics wrong, that’s my directly observed experience of vehicle salvage and the extreme low end of the used market. Show me a $1k EV that’s still usable. Much less than 5 or so is because it needs a battery that costs around that. I’ve stripped packs for cells and know what even a dead core goes for/how common they are too. “Expected lifespan” is unsustainable nonrepairable anticonsumer bullshit whatever tech it’s applied to, some of us are still trying to use this stuff after the lease is up and warranty’s expired.