Re:What it’s like to own an electric car
by m463 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:57PM
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> The heinous cost of owning huge kWh battery for occasional use is silly
I thought like this in the beginning, and there's a fallacy in there.
Think not about huge kwh battery, think of (range of a battery in miles) * (battery cycles)
That gives you the projected car mileage.
First generation evs from other manufacturers with ~20kwh batteries will have to replace their battery in just a few years. They might cycle their battery once a day while a tesla might be once a week or more. Many many leafs got new batteries after their range decreased significantly 50% within 5 years.
I thought like this in the beginning, and there's a fallacy in there.
Think not about huge kwh battery, think of (range of a battery in miles) * (battery cycles)
That gives you the projected car mileage.
First generation evs from other manufacturers with ~20kwh batteries will have to replace their battery in just a few years. They might cycle their battery once a day while a tesla might be once a week or more. Many many leafs got new batteries after their range decreased significantly 50% within 5 years.