The EV cult is straight up delusional, at this point.
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Depends on the EV. I owned a Leaf. I kept it in a temperate climate and always charged properly to specs, and before 70k miles it was down to about 40% range.
I have zero doubt it'll be unusable before it could have ever hit 150k.
A Leaf, eh?
There was a court case here in Australia. Nissan was selling a replacement (discounted) battery for more than the resale price of the car. This was in spite of there being a serious design fault in the early Leaf batteries that seriously degraded their lifespan.
Early Leaf models had batteries that didn't have an active cooling system, that is a fluid pump and radiator. The heat issues drastically shortened the battery life.
Holy shit. That’s insane. And I’ve considered getting one.
I guess you have to budget for a new battery every 5-10 years? EV companies will need to step up and make that something like 10k with financing or most people will bail.
I assume so. I sold that shit for 80% of the price I paid for it after getting 7 years out of it. The used car market hasn't entirely realized how badly electric vehicles depreciate.