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Originally Posted by Ecky
Tesla and Nissan have both predicted their batteries will have ~70% capacity left after 5 years / 60k miles.
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You know, I can only remember* buying one car with less than 100K miles on it. That's the current Insight, bought with ~50K and now at ~195K. As I've noted, the battery has only a fraction of its original capacity, but it's still driveable.
If EVs are going to be really practical in the mass market, there are going to have to be some changes to battery design. Instead of every manufacturer having its own, incompatible batteries, there needs to be a common, modular, and less expensive battery format.
*Not sure about some of the things I had back in the '70s and '80s, though.