Re:How much do electric car batteries degrade?
by nicoburns on Monday August 18, 2025 @02:55PM
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> Just purchased a 2015 Tesla Model S 70D for $9k (USD). It was very worth it. It still holds about 88% of its charge after 175k miles. There are also some positive factors you didn’t mention.
The top commenter from the post just purchased a 10 year old EV that they judge to be perfectly good and unlikely to die on them soon.
I do think the anxiety about batteries is somewhat justified today, because the capacities are small enough that only have 80% capacity available could be a problem. But once the batteries are larger, I suspect EVs will actually last significantly longer than ICE cars on average.
The top commenter from the post just purchased a 10 year old EV that they judge to be perfectly good and unlikely to die on them soon.
I do think the anxiety about batteries is somewhat justified today, because the capacities are small enough that only have 80% capacity available could be a problem. But once the batteries are larger, I suspect EVs will actually last significantly longer than ICE cars on average.