> The Volt should have gone 1000 * 380 miles = 380K miles before hitting that.
And might have if not subjected to worst-case conditions which EV drivers do not subject their cars to. What are the real-world results in terms of battery capacity declining? They don't seem to be anywhere near that.
So again, as I already said in my first comment, I'm not seeing how this is really relevant - much less some sort of fatal proof.
Re:Test drive of a petrol car
by danielweber on Monday May 04, 2015 @03:00PM
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stupid edit: The second sentence of the first graf should say:
"""The Leaf should have gone 84 x 1000 = 84K miles before hitting that."""
40K miles to 22% loss is about 50% faster than it should die.
On paper, I wanted a Leaf over a Volt, but the real world difference shows that differing battery technology still matters a lot. I dunno how Nissan built such a bad pack but there you go.