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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by tonyedgecombe on Saturday April 03, 2021 @05:26PM (#26684884)
> And I think cheap BEVs will be a HUGE benefit to poor people in the future, since it saves on gas and maintenance costs in the long term.

I’ve been wondering whether the opposite is true. We might find the cost of replacing the battery puts a floor on the price of old EV’s. I wouldn’t be surprised if we are coming to the end of bangernomics.

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by Qwertious on Saturday April 03, 2021 @09:53PM (#26686332)
We already have million-KM batteries, and we're headed toward million-mile batteries.

Even if the battery does die, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of secondhand batteries with half a million Ks of mileage put up relatively cheap. You don't need to go straight to brand-new.

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