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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Another myth busted - EV battery can easily outlast the vehicle itself (m.arenaev.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you had the same car for 20 years you can consider buying a new battery which will only cost less than half of what it costs now.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Assuming there're batteries available...

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's not an engine swap. People put used tesla batteries in custom evs right now, in few years you'll have shops doing aftermarket battery pack replacement as a matter of course.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s not an engine swap. People put used tesla batteries in custom evs right now, in few years you’ll have shops doing aftermarket battery pack replacement as a matter of course.

So you can get a battery that's already been worn out or hope that these manufacturers do a 180 and start supporting repairability? Those are not great options.

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sure. But so are your options with internal combustion. Maintain and replace (a lot of moving parts in that, with explosions). And if you're replacing an entire engine or an expensive part in an old car, you're going to buy a new one from the original manufacturer or try a second hand part?

Mind, I'm not talking about immediate warranty. I'm talking about 10+ yo cars. With at least 10k km yearly.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

I can buy oem parts for my 13 year old car easily (or at least the common stuff, realistically there's probably things that don't typically need replacing that are harder to come by but I haven't had an issue yet). Can the same thing be said for a Tesla? Or are you locked in to dealing with them for service.