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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
If the battery needs to be replaced often, I do see the warranty as being a battery life indicator. If it doesn't, like with a typical engine, it doesn't really matter.
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The only EV I know of that has required a lot of batteries replace under warranty for capacity loss is the early Nissan Leaf and Nissan claimed less than 5% of vehicle has their batteries replace under warranty. (Which is a HUGE warranty rate for a car - even 1% failure rate is high)
So yes, saying a EV battery will fail at the end of the warranty is like saying an engine is only good for 60K miles because that is when the powertrain warranty expires.