The second edition of the no-frills ThinkPad E16 now offers decent graphics performance. Apart from that, everything looks like a ThinkPad from the premium and, as you would expect, more expensive series - with a few crucial cuts.https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-E16-Gen-2-AMD-laptop-review-Cuts-corners-mostly-in-the-right-places.899320.0.html
Unacceptable display.
Do you have explanation of the cause of the battery life decline? Interestingly this is a Ryzen 5 laptop, with barebone non-OLED screen, but has worst battery life than T14 Gen 3 or Gen 4 AMD with a Ryzen 7.