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Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah but by the time some of that potential is realised, your brand new EV is now a few years old and almost worthless cos the batteries are next to useless.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Modern EV batteries last for over a decade and still retain most of their original capacity even after a few hundred thousand miles.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    As an example: My vehicles electric battery is warrantied for 10 years or 150,000 mi. Even with that being said, I have seen models of my car used well into the 300-400,000 mi range.

    And while I'm not an expert on the matter, it is my understanding that there are recycling plants for electric vehicle batteries. Which I would imagine would reduce the environmental cost of electric vehicles.

    Not to mention the research being done on different battery chemistries that are less environmentally hazardous, last longer, are more energy dense, and so on.

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