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Originally Posted by JSH
However the idea is that an EV battery will last the life of the car and then be repurposed into another use. Time will tell if that happens - we are only a decade into EV sales at any scale. With the exception of the Leaf battery life is looking good so far.
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Lots of turmoil in the Bolt forums the last 8 months. GM released 3 "fixes" for relatively uncommon fires related to defective LG batteries, but apparently that didn't do the trick.
GM is advising owners to only operate the vehicle between 30%-80% charge, and to park the vehicle outside immediately after charging as they work on the 4th solution to the problem.
Hyundai already issued a recall to replace Kona batteries produced at the same Korean LG manufacturing plant, so that may be a sign of things to come for GM.
Batteries are still a huge unknown liability for manufacturers. Hopefully batteries degrade peacefully, but there's a balancing act of tuning the chemistry to maximize the many relevant performance metrics.