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The battery replacement meme seems like mostly propaganda. Lots* of 10 year old EVs have 20% or less degradation. That's very usable.

Excluding cars without active thermal management, which mostly means the Nissan Leaf.

Yes sounds like propaganda but I worry about the long term repair costs of the rest of a car like Tesla. They weren't built well in the first place and age can only make that worse. This is where right to repair would have really helped Tesla but no they have to act like every other crap SV company.

At this point, most car brands with dealerships also have a selection of EVs. You can get things like extended bumper-to-bumper warranties also.

Liquid cooled batteries (so, not the LEAF) have pretty modest degradation. Yes, it would require a new battery if you needed 100.0% of original range, but if you need 92% of range, you just buy a much cheaper used EV.

Tesla batteries are close to 90% after 200,000 miles. There is some degradation but it plateaus quickly.

You would just deal with the reduced range. With a hybrid it's not really an issue.