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Re:Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and ... by pabs3 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:56PM (#26734952)
How degraded do EV batteries need to be before they cannot be used as EV batteries any longer? 70% capacity doesn't seem like much degradation.
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Re:Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and ... by tyingq on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:19AM (#26735042)
Probably a bigger deal with EVs that don't have great range. Like a Fiat 500, brand new, is 145km range. 70% of that is 102km.
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Re:Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and ... by tablespoon on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:18AM (#26735036)
> 70% capacity doesn't seem like much degradation.

It's a lot if you needed the car to go 80% of it's maximum range when new.

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