They outlast the car, but don’t have the range and take too long to charge, that’s the problem, not the longevity.
Today's EV's batteries will already outlast the car.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 month ago
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I have never had an issue with either of those things. On road trips, there are plenty of fast ev chargers these days. And my EV already goes 320mi on a full charge. You don’t want to sit at max charge for long anyway. I only charge to 50% and haven’t had much range anxiety. Realistically it’s better than gas, because at home it charges overnight (even to 100%).
Charging on road trips at a fast charger takes as long as a quick trip to the bathroom and grabbing a bite to eat.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Sounds nice. In much of the US it’s not at all that easy to find fast chargers and longer lasting and quicker charging batteries would significantly help EV adoption here.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Out of curiosity, have you tried?
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Assuming you can charge at home for daily driving …. A map of superchargers looks like it covers at least the interstates reasonably well. Sure, there’s less covered areas, and away from interstates a few less populated areas are poorly covered but t seems like 90+% of US population ought to be able to road trip.
It really seems like charging from home is the more important issue to address, since it does make a huge difference. There are way too many apartments and condos where there is no incentive to provide charging, even if the tenants want it. We need more incentives plus spindle a way to see the need
SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Uhh do what? You’re assuming the cars last less than 10 years? Who are these people throwing away cars after such a short time?
ratofkryll@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It really depends on where you live. There are some parts of the world where environmental factors like ocean humidity or winter road salting will cause a car’s frame to rust through in a few years if you’re not careful. Look up the Rust Belt for an example.
On the other hand, if you live somewhere warm and dry, your car’s frame and body will outlast its original mechanical components.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 month ago
“Rust Belt” isn’t literal, it refers to an area of the US where industrial manufacturing declined significant in the second half of the 20th century. It’s called that in part at least because its previous moniker was “Steel Belt”.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No that’s just proper maintenance… allowing salt to sit on the car constantly is not keeping up with maintenance.
Also as the other user has stated rust belt has nothing to do with cars rusting.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I read about a survey that found Tesla batteries were still at an average 85% health after 250k miles. Not bad at at all
SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s a good thing.
davidagain@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think you’re talking about batteries from nearly 15 years ago, which did degrade significantly with age and/or use. There has been a significant and noticeable improvement since then. The person you were taking to did say today’s batteries.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Even then the batteries should not outlast the car. That’s insane.
davidagain@lemmy.world 1 month ago
When did you last lose a car to engine failure? Electronics, gears, suspension, stuff like that, but not the engine. They have to over engineer the battery because the earlier popular electric cars had bad batteries and they have to over-compensate. Hence today’s batteries.