TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in.
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The amount of truly weird arguments to defend NOT being interested in switching to an EV in the replies is stunning.
@jwildeboer My main argument for not buying electric now would be the massive amount of improvements just around the corner, specifically solid state battery tech. I really want to go electric, but I don’t want to drive a tanky SUV just because I need to do long distance driving.
Honestly, this will be a solved problem in a couple of years. Hopefully the Donut Lab battery is not a scam
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@notthatdelta That sure was a lemon: Our KIA eSoul ist 5yrs old and 130.000km and you can barely spot a difference to when it was new.
@frank @jwildeboer I think it was their first or second year offering an EV, which was probably part of the issue. Hadn't nailed down the battery QC yet. I'm still salty about their warranty refusal though, that was extremely disappointing.
Shame too, it was a fun little car! But ~45 miles of range wasn't very useful.
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@jwildeboer Maybe I missed it. I did not find a link to the data or study details that led to the Key Insights in this article.
@kbarker Feel free to contact the publisher and author and keep us updated on what they share!
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
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i bet the biggest problem will be the support with new software releases ... what about Oldtimer EVs -
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i bet the biggest problem will be the support with new software releases ... what about Oldtimer EVs@anduril Is that really different from ICE powered cars? Or are they somehow exempted from those connected systems that need updates?
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@frank @jwildeboer I think it was their first or second year offering an EV, which was probably part of the issue. Hadn't nailed down the battery QC yet. I'm still salty about their warranty refusal though, that was extremely disappointing.
Shame too, it was a fun little car! But ~45 miles of range wasn't very useful.
@notthatdelta OK, ours is the 64kWh Version from 2020, that is a lot newer, I think.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
@jwildeboer The batteries in my 14 year old hybrid have shown no change in efficacy since I bought it. So, this does not surprise me.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
@jwildeboer I see several comments from people saying that X car lasted decades, which is interesting, but:
* Statistically most cars are replaced within 10-15 years
* No ICE car lasts that long without replacing parts
* Battery tech keeps improving while costs keep coming down, so if you want to keep a car for 50 years, that's fine. You will be able to replace the battery with a much better, cheaper one whenever you want to (whether that's 10, 20 or 30+ years from now) -
@anduril Is that really different from ICE powered cars? Or are they somehow exempted from those connected systems that need updates?
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of course you're right ... thats a general problem with new cars not only EVs. I just wanted to point out that the cells are for sure not the bottleneck. -
@notthatdelta OK, ours is the 64kWh Version from 2020, that is a lot newer, I think.
@frank @jwildeboer yeah, the '16 had a 27 kWh battery and 93 miles of range. Pretty much the same territory as the older Nissan Leafs. It also lacked any sort of battery heating, so that dropped by 20-30% in cold weather.
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@jwildeboer I see several comments from people saying that X car lasted decades, which is interesting, but:
* Statistically most cars are replaced within 10-15 years
* No ICE car lasts that long without replacing parts
* Battery tech keeps improving while costs keep coming down, so if you want to keep a car for 50 years, that's fine. You will be able to replace the battery with a much better, cheaper one whenever you want to (whether that's 10, 20 or 30+ years from now)There's an assumption that batteries go to the rubbish dump at the end of a car's life. But they don't, they typically get employed as stationary storage. For instance, there's a Nissan parts factory in Victoria which relies on a collection of old Leaf batteries for stationary storage.
The batteries we already have can last ridiculously long. A Swasticar battery lasted over 600,000 km - ~40 years of average driving - before needing to be replaced.
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@jwildeboer I want to get an EV, but I do worry about their onboard software. It feels like a lot more planned obsolescence and/or enshittifiability can be packed in.
@shtrom @jwildeboer We need Fairphone (Faircar) or Graphene for the car OS/software.
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@shtrom @jwildeboer We need Fairphone (Faircar) or Graphene for the car OS/software.
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@jwildeboer I want to get an EV, but I do worry about their onboard software. It feels like a lot more planned obsolescence and/or enshittifiability can be packed in.
@shtrom @jwildeboer I got an EV, the software (the infotainment system) is annoying.
Borrowed an ICE vehicle from same manufacturer while my car was serviced. Same software, same annoying things.
It's not the engine, its the dashboard.
I wouldn't worry about any obsolescence, that would imply updates and I'm pretty sure car manufacturers generally don't update much. And, they could mess you around with an EV as much as an ICE vehicle.
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@jwildeboer I want to get an EV, but I do worry about their onboard software. It feels like a lot more planned obsolescence and/or enshittifiability can be packed in.
@shtrom @jwildeboer The cheaper they get the less garbage the vendors can afford to try and ram in to inflate the prices to stupid level.
There's not much infotainment in a Citroen Ami for example
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@jwildeboer @JYeo18 As in "If it disappears after ten years" or "if it becomes totally useless and worthless after ten years".
This thread is about longevity of EVs. The sales in Norway however, are so cheap (compared to conventional vehicles) that longevity is not a factor. At that price difference, EV would sell even if they were guaranteed (!) to go up in flames after ten years.I never said that they will do that, or that anyone had guaranteed that.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
@jwildeboer this just makes me think the rest of the vehicle wasn’t built to last long enough
Definitely good news though. I know a lot of people stress over this.
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@jwildeboer @renard @dynom XDD this person just said that they used a car for 20 years and you blocked them because they asked how many years it lasts for a typical EV car to be trashed due to battery life.
Idk what you want to achieve but this is not the way...
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@jwildeboer @chrisp Oh, yeah, no. But the choice is hard, particularly as those are not features that are commonly reported.
“Won't apply firmware updates while on the highway” Oh. Good.
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@shtrom @jwildeboer The cheaper they get the less garbage the vendors can afford to try and ram in to inflate the prices to stupid level.
There's not much infotainment in a Citroen Ami for example@etchedpixels @jwildeboer We need more of those. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Truck
BYO electronics.
(I know this isn't what you tried to express, but I've seen many people that kinda argue that way and I think it is a fundamentally flawed argument) 
