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CoopersDad

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5. every battery starts to die, every gas engine does, as well.

Reply to Caribbeans (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 11, 2024, 09:49 PM

Aug 2024

Most EVs are going to serve their owners well without needing a full battery replacement.

1.5% of EVs will, by one account.

No battery pack and no ICE will last forever; some percentage will need to be replaced.

I'd guess that the cost of ownership over ten years of an EV needing a battery replacement and an ICE needing an engine replacement is less for the EV-- getting back to the point of this OP about secondary markets.

We might disagree. That's OK.

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One Missing Piece Vivid Lizard Aug 2024 #1

Almost never does an EV need a new battery. CoopersDad Aug 2024 #3

100% False Caribbeans Aug 2024 #4

every battery starts to die, every gas engine does, as well. CoopersDad Aug 2024 #5

The problem with people needing battery replacement in EV's is we don't know how Finishline42 Aug 2024 #6

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