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Originally Posted by jamesqf
So 2500 cycles is maybe 10 years, no? Not very long, at least to someone whose current vehicles are 16 and 28 years old.
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Sparkle the 2012 Chevy volt I linked 2 goes through 2 full charges a day and is at over 340,000 miles and
Over 2080 full charge discharge cycles
He has no measurable capacity loss
If he were to loose his battery in a collision it's $2300 for a new gen i volt battery.
Things have changed dramatically in the last 6 years compared to the Chinese crap that hobbiests shoehorned into cars.
A properly designed ev should not have range loss