Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Another myth busted - EV battery can easily outlast the vehicle itself (m.arenaev.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (28 children)

An EV battery experiences a loss of capacity of about 1.8% per year on average. This means a gradual reduction in the vehicle's original range, but it's hardly a catastrophic failure. After 20 years on the road, an EV could still keep about 64% of its initial range - a surprisingly practical number for many drivers.

Nah. Losing 36% of range is quite a lot. That's the safety buffer I depend on.

Over buying capacity by an extra 1/3rd is either noticeably more expensive, or just not available yet.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Not to mention that many vehicles are programmed to disable themselves after a certain threshold of capacity loss.

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