> Don’t ICE cars require a lot more maintenance per mile than EVs?
Model 3/Y battery replacement is US$15,000 to US$20,000.
Wipes out all other EV maintenance cost advantages.
Model 3/Y battery replacement is US$15,000 to US$20,000.
Wipes out all other EV maintenance cost advantages.
I have a model 3 with ~80K kilometers and the battery is as good as new. 2018 model. For someone that drives 10-15K km a year there's maybe 30 years more driving on this battery (400K km).
My previous ICE car had two head gasket replacements in the 10 years I owned it. I also had to replace the entire engine. Oil changes. Brake pads/discs, CV joints... So far the EV is way ahead and based on the current battery degradation should remain ahead.
For used cars, you don’t know what the previous owner did.
> For someone that drives 10-15K km a year there's maybe 30 years more driving on this battery (400K km).
EV battery life is more related to calendar age, rather than number of charge cycles and C charging rate.
That seems to be contrary to common belief. It's the cycles that deteriorate the cathode/anode.
I would like to read up on your source
For most other models one is indeed not so lucky =3
Tesla gives 8 years for battery warranty.
Interpret that as you may.
In reality, too early to tell. But probably not 20+ years like a Toyota/Honda engine or even a Mercedes/BMW/Porsche engine.
8 years is standard and implies a substantially longer expected lifetime of the vehicle on average.