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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by genocidicbunny on Sunday July 23, 2023 @06:04AM (#36833931)
Personally, this is the first time I'm seeing this info, and to me it's pretty exciting. 750mi on a single charge would significantly change the calculus on EVs for me personally. It pretty much eliminates any range worries I have, and makes it way more feasible for me to own one if I live in an apartment or condo where I cannot install a more powerful charger. It's the difference between hanging out at a charger station once a week vs once a month.

So at the very least, the article is a nice heads-up to me and others alike that are somewhat on the fence about EVs, that some of our concerns may very well be assuaged.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by comfypotato on Sunday July 23, 2023 @06:12AM (#36833980)
Do you know the lifetime of current battery technology? Expected years until 80% capacity, etc.? Asking because I don’t know.
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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by Gareth321 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @06:38AM (#36834124)
Tesla claims their Model S and X batteries degrade 12% over 200,000 miles: https://www.notateslaapp.com/tesla-reference/1371/tesla-show...
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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by genocidicbunny on Sunday July 23, 2023 @06:18AM (#36834019)
I do not, sorry.

Until very recently, EV's weren't even a consideration for me, because of their limitations on range, but also because of difficulty of charging them if you lived in a condo or an apartment (heck, my current car is a Mazda, a company which _just_ started offering EVs in some markets). Because of that, I am not well versed in the specific details of the current generation of EVs. With that said, anecdotally, I have heard of old Prius hybrids getting 100k miles out of their batteries, but that was a decade ago. I don't know what modern battery chem is capable of.

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