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Mercedes-Benz scales back electric ambitions as EV pessimism grows (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by boem to c/technology

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[–] CosmicCleric 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Where are you going to buy your replacement battery?

Honestly curious as to why this got ~~downloaded~~ downvoted?

Because it’s a short and moronic thought.

What's wrong with short, if it gets to the point?

What's moronic about it?

The reason I want to know is because no one ever talks about when those batteries wear out at ~ 100,000 miles and you have to replace them, and the thousands of dollars it cost to do so, and if that cost is considered into the purchase price, and if there are better/worst places to buy replacement batteries at.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Because the overwhelming majority won't wear out at 100k miles. ICE cars have engine failures early as well, so why are we picking on EVs? I just had to put my car in the dumpster at 112k because the head gasket failed and replacing it would cost 6 fucking thousand dollars!

Meanwhile my wife's Prius has 300k on it and the battery is still at 70% capacity.

[–] CosmicCleric 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Because the overwhelming majority won’t wear out at 100k miles.

You have any links you can point me to that backs that up?

A JD Powers article states the following...

On average, you should replace your Toyota’s battery every 8-10 years or 100,000-150,000 miles.

Last I heard the batteries on any ev basically gets replaced at ~100k because they don't hold a charge well, assuming the same weather conditions throughout the lifetime of the batteries. I even heard that specifically about Prius'.