"Electric Vehicles are Actually Worse for the Environment than Internal Combustion Cars"

[sroz]

I have heard that batteries typically last about 10 years before requiring replacement and the cost to replace can run you about $4k. A big negative for me as I tend to hold onto my vehicles for 15-20 years. My Toyotas/Hondas have easily done that with little or no repairs required.

If battery life is an issue, I also wonder the impact to the used EV car market. I would expect technology to make improvements in the areas of battery life/replacement cost, range and charge time.

[colorider]

I have heard that batteries typically last about 10 years before requiring replacement and the cost to replace can run you about $4k. A big negative for me as I tend to hold onto my vehicles for 15-20 years. My Toyotas/Hondas have easily done that with little or no repairs required.

If battery life is an issue, I also wonder the impact to the used EV car market. I would expect technology to make improvements in the areas of battery life/replacement cost, range and charge time.

Try more like $20k or more to replace an EV battery pack. Electric motorcycle battery packs are running 4-5g right now.

[DDT951]

I have heard that batteries typically last about 10 years before requiring replacement and the cost to replace can run you about $4k. A big negative for me as I tend to hold onto my vehicles for 15-20 years. My Toyotas/Hondas have easily done that with little or no repairs required.

If battery life is an issue, I also wonder the impact to the used EV car market. I would expect technology to make improvements in the areas of battery life/replacement cost, range and charge time.

Lithium Ion batteries lose capacity each time they are discharged / recharged.

A VERY VERY good battery will have 60-70% battery life after 3000 cycles of CAREFUL charge-discharge. Fast depletion / fast charge hurts that cycle life (i.e. C/2 is much better then 2C charging). Getting them hot (think above 60C) will damage them quickly. Draining them down and fully charging them hurts them. Optimal (for cycle life) is keep battery 40-80% capacity. But then you only have 40% of design capacity that can be used.

Batteries have limits that one must learn to live with them to use them.