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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by mavhc on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:16AM (#27844977)
Assume $100/kWh, and a 50kWh battery, that's $5000 to replace it, after, let's say 100,000 miles. You've saved, let's say, 10 cents per mile on fuel, so that's $10,000 saved.

Battery should last about a million miles though, with proper temperature and charge management.

Once your battery has degraded to, say, 75%, now you have a free 35kWh battery to store power in your house, that's worth $3500

Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by driverdan on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:51AM (#27845441)
> Assume $100/kWh

Batteries are not that cheap in 50kWh quantities.

Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by mavhc on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:41AM (#27883157)
They should be by the time you need a replacement in 10 years