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EV Batteries Are Defying Expectations After Hundreds of Thousands of Miles | Industry experts think newfound knowledge of battery durability is a game-changer for consumer confidence in EVs (www.wsj.com)
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[-] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Roughly one in 12 EVs built from 2011 to 2016 have had to have battery replacements. But new data shows that more modern EVs are doing better so far. Among EVs built from 2022 on, 0.3% have had battery replacements, according to a 2025 study from Recurrent.

I think it's heartening news that they probably last longer but it seems silly to compare cars that are 10-15 years old with battery replacements to cars that are barely 4 years old at most.

If the normal replacement period was at 7 years or whatever there's still obviously plenty of time for the failure rate to go up.

They very well probably last longer nowadays but that's not a real good convincing piece of data to support it.

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