Quote from: Monroe King on July 03, 2025, 20:27:17Time is by far the biggest killer of EV Batteries.Followed by HEAT and then perhaps mileage. EV batteries don't want low miles! They want to be driven! Do not waste your car by not driving it! Drive it! Or lose all those miles you could have had.
No way do I believe in a battery warranty for over ten years! That's either stupid or they do not plan on being in business in 15 to 25 years and they will just dissappear and resurface as some other battery company! That's still pie in the sky! Plan on your battery lasting 8 to 12 years and be ready from 8 years on. 8 to 10 years of trouble free miles! Totally worth it! Just buy your class of car for the next 10 years and drive it! If any EV gives you trouble in that 10 year period trade it off. You should not experience anything other than tires wipers and perhaps just a few nit picking things. Brakes should be good for 100,000 miles no more brake problems. Charge slow and discharge at whatever rate you want! But charge as slow as you can. Godspeed
Quote from: Taree on July 03, 2025, 18:42:47Yeah, I'm calling BS on Tesla's statistics. My model 3 with 113k on the clock is at 79% of original capacity despite rare 100% charges. TBH I'll probably go GM for my next EV.
Quote from: wzander on July 03, 2025, 13:15:56A 20% loss of battery capacity still leaves 80% of the original range. This is still more than enough range for most people. The article makes it sound like the car is unusable after a 20% loss of range which is ridiculous. 😂
Quote from: 7257Scott on July 04, 2025, 00:03:01Quote from: Felipe on July 03, 2025, 17:26:00Sure that a gas car will last 20 years
But how much money you will pay in those 20 years in gas and mechanical repairs?
People do not do the math and only think in 20 years but don't take into account the money spent on repairs in that same gas car! 👿😎🙏🤬🙈🐀👎🏿
Your absolutely correct. I know someone with a 2018 BMW, they spend on average $2000 a year making repairs and the car has under 100,000 miles. Ten years from now they will have a minimum of $20,000 invested in the cars mechanicals, mostly the cooling system ( most of the components are plastic ) . If they have anything major fail they will have spent well into the $30,000 range. All of a sudden that Tesla is much less expensive and easier to maintain.
Quote from: wzander on July 03, 2025, 13:15:56A 20% loss of battery capacity still leaves 80% of the original range. This is still more than enough range for most people. The article makes it sound like the car is unusable after a 20% loss of range which is ridiculous. 😂
Quote from: Ree on July 03, 2025, 11:07:48Hopefully by the time your battery fails a cheap replacement is available.
Quote from: Donna peterson on July 04, 2025, 15:20:38Tesla posts many things mostly wrong. I have a 2021 tesla 3 LR. 120000. Battery degradation to maximum of 30%. When it will take any charge at all. The cost of the battery is equal what they would give for trade in minus the battery repair, si basically ZERO value after 4 years. So disappointing. Not interested in spending over $60000 on a car. Sure no gas but it eats tires. New set every 20000 miles. I have solar and with charging the car I don't save any money. The only advantage I've found is not having to go to gas station but even that is offset by sitting at a charging station. Going to all battery is questionableI find your statements questionable. Regardless, here are the facts.
Quote from: Redaktion on July 02, 2025, 12:39:18Tesla has now calculated the average lifespan of its vehicles. It takes fewer miles for a Tesla vehicle battery to degrade in Europe than it does in the US, according to the automaker's statistics.
You should realise that all of these statistics don't really matter as most EV's have the same battery longevity now, no matter what their marketing spin is! After 10yrs or 200k KM a gas-fueled car would have cost 3x to maintain than an EV and that is a fact. The resale value of a 200K km petrol car nowadays is practically ZERO .. So what the heck is the difference?
Quote from: Felipe on July 03, 2025, 17:26:00Sure that a gas car will last 20 years
But how much money you will pay in those 20 years in gas and mechanical repairs?
People do not do the math and only think in 20 years but don't take into account the money spent on repairs in that same gas car! 👿😎🙏🤬🙈🐀👎🏿