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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @12:00PM (#27985361)
My laymen understanding is that all EV batteries are composed of lots of smaller cells. So a larger Tesla battery is simply more cells, not larger ones. That would put EV's and hybrids on the same level.
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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by chipsa on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @12:25PM (#27985665)
Generally speaking, yes, a larger battery with the same technology is more cells, not larger cells. But the larger battery will use less of each cell's capacity for a given distance driven. So it will cycle each battery less, comparatively.
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