TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in.
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@jwildeboer I had doubts at the outset of Hybrids, but I observed at the time that nearly every taxi in the city had already switched, so clearly the economics made sense on some level.
Now it's been about twenty years since Hybrids showed up, and I have not read about any major work being needed for batteries, certainly not a "had to replace them all in five years" scenario, which I did think was possible.
I'm fully confident about my next car being electric. Less so about the enshittified aspects of all cars these days.
@jpaskaruk @jwildeboer Early hybrids did have battery longevity problems. The first few Prius versions used a big, heavy NiMH pack which could store around 0.8 kWh (exact capacity differed over the models). It lasted around seven years before showing significant degradation in capacity, manifesting as steadily declining fuel economy.
They switched to lithium batteries a while ago, and those are both lighter (and “Lightness makes you [more efficient] everywhere.”) and longer-lived.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer I like a different conception of the EV. My industrial 3 phase motors a bomb proof, they last decades. I think the mechanicals of an EV can be profoundly more simple and durable that internal combustion vehicles. I am okay with the idea of leasing a battery and replacing it periodically. I think the focus should on standardization, re-use and recycle of batteries and the EV vehicle should be lifetime hardware.
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@jpaskaruk @jwildeboer Early hybrids did have battery longevity problems. The first few Prius versions used a big, heavy NiMH pack which could store around 0.8 kWh (exact capacity differed over the models). It lasted around seven years before showing significant degradation in capacity, manifesting as steadily declining fuel economy.
They switched to lithium batteries a while ago, and those are both lighter (and “Lightness makes you [more efficient] everywhere.”) and longer-lived.
@bob_zim I think I do recall that, actually, but to be fair, anyone who ever tried to keep a ghetto blaster going on NiMH D-cells knows that was doomed from the start.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer i used to own a fifty-year-old Volvo.
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This also means that buying a used EV is perfectly fine. If the used car is „younger“ than 5-7 years, the battery will be fine for years to come.
„How long do EV batteries last?
The average lifespan of EV batteries will be around 13 years or more based on observed degradation rates.“
@jwildeboer 13 jaar valt me iets tegen. Mijn benzine-auto's zijn 18 en 24 jaar oud en doen het nog goed. Dagelijks woon-werk doe ik elektrisch met een Mini uit 2021. Tot volle tevredenheid, maar het kan gebeuren dat die eerder op is dan de andere 2.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer my brain wiped Geotab until I saw the URL you shared. Thanks for bringing back some memories lol
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@jwildeboer I like a different conception of the EV. My industrial 3 phase motors a bomb proof, they last decades. I think the mechanicals of an EV can be profoundly more simple and durable that internal combustion vehicles. I am okay with the idea of leasing a battery and replacing it periodically. I think the focus should on standardization, re-use and recycle of batteries and the EV vehicle should be lifetime hardware.
@IronManIV @jwildeboer Unfortunately, a lot of the cost of a car is the frame and body, and techniques which have dramatically lowered the cost of entry have also dramatically increased the cost of repair. Unibody construction is simpler and cheaper (and lower-rattle, etc.) than body-on-chassis-on-frame, but if it bends in a collision, good luck straightening it out and restoring it to spec strength.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer И это хорошо!
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer
Nevertheless, designing for both longevity and easy maintenance for both vehicle & batteries, which would include legislated battery worldwide standardisation, form factor and easy replacement, would all be net additional positives. -
TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer Atrociously bad quality of cars if true. A car should last 25-40 years at least. No way a battery does.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer
Therefore, the batteries will be enshittified to last the duration of the warranty, then degrade swiftly.
No automaker wants their cars to last forever. -
@jwildeboer Atrociously bad quality of cars if true. A car should last 25-40 years at least. No way a battery does.
@dalias many newer cars manufactured in the past 20+ years will not make it to 25 years due to electronics failing (capacitors and mosfets are typical candidates), regardless of being powered by ICE or EV.
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@jwildeboer
Nevertheless, designing for both longevity and easy maintenance for both vehicle & batteries, which would include legislated battery worldwide standardisation, form factor and easy replacement, would all be net additional positives.@jwildeboer
Charging networks seem like an awful waste of time if the petroleum forecourts could be repurposed into drive over battery replacement robots. With a stock of these universal batteries, 'refuelling' could be just a few minutes and an infrastructure for recycling batteries could be really efficient for a single standard battery form (maybe a couple of different form factors for different sized vehicles?) Decoupling battery from vehicle would also mean life expectancy of one doesn't impact the life expectancy of the other. -
TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer Or find a new use for car batteries in a storage solution like this (pretty smart IMHO): https://www.gridturn.com/
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer Unfortunately, slow charging is a lot more impractical if, like me and my mom, one lives in a rented apartment where one has to park the car on the street where there's no way to charge it. Even if we could get one of the scarce parking spots on the apartment block's property, we'd then have to beg the landlord to install a charger. -
This also means that buying a used EV is perfectly fine. If the used car is „younger“ than 5-7 years, the battery will be fine for years to come.
„How long do EV batteries last?
The average lifespan of EV batteries will be around 13 years or more based on observed degradation rates.“
@jwildeboer Would this not mean that EVs could have a longer useful life compared to ICE Vehicles? I get that inverters and such high power components probably age more than the electric motor.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer empirically my 5 year old Kia e-Niro shows essentially no visible degradation at all. Last summer I was still getting 280-300 miles range on mixed driving scenarios, which is over the official stated 270 mile range at new
The only common cars where you had significant degradation were first generation nissan leaf which lacked any battery thermal management and a small battery to begin with. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another secondhand EV - much less to worry about than a secondhand ICE with countless moving parts to go wrong.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer huh, so that means a car you leave charged up at home and use maybe once a week or less will degrade its battery fast.
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TL;DR Most EV batteries will last longer than the cars they’re in. Battery degradation is at better (meaning: lower) rates than expected. Slow charging is better. Drive EV and don’t worry about your battery.
„Our 2025 analysis of over 22,700 electric vehicles, covering 21 different vehicle models, confirms that overall, modern EV batteries are robust and built to last beyond a typical vehicle’s service life.“
EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab
Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.
Geotab (www.geotab.com)
@jwildeboer The early Nissan Leaf certainly didn't do this well, but the article is talking about newer EVs. I sold my 2011 Leaf in 2019, but had replaced the battery in 2017. #nissanleaf
When my two subsequent EVs (Tesla Model 3 then Hyundai Kona) get down to the maximum fully charged range of the Leaf (70 miles), I feel like they're almost empty. I charge to 80%, but I'm retired and now live on a small island, so range isn't a big deal like it sometimes was in California.
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@jwildeboer huh, so that means a car you leave charged up at home and use maybe once a week or less will degrade its battery fast.
@mirabilos The BMS (Battery Management System) in modern EVs is smart enough to counter that by not going above 80%. It's still a good idea to regularly bring down the charge to below 50% at least, though.
