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Originally Posted by kp11364
Another thing to remember about an EV is that the current spate of batteries have a life of about 5-6 years. So, in addition for paying extra to get an EV, you also have the privilege of spending $25K (that's right $25,000) to replace your battery every 5-6 years...
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I'm going to have to call BS on that statement. You must have gotten that nonsense from your favorite propaganda station years ago. That
may have been true back when the first hybrids came out and used lead-acid batteries, but it's not true for Lithium-ion batteries.
Here's the concluding paragraph from a Car and Driver article last year:
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The truth is that today's EV batteries will inevitably need replacing in the future. Fortunately, modern EV battery packs should prove problem-free for nearly the first decade of use—possibly even longer. By the time today's EVs will need a replacement battery pack it's likely the manufacturing and material costs will be far less than they are today. We're not saying that replacing your EV's lithium-ion battery pack a decade from now will be cheap, but we wager doing so will be much more affordable than it is today.
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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last? - Car and Driver