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I think batteries are a concern, even for hybrids. People had that as their number one concern about buying such vehicles (and I do too, with my Prius now in its 15th year and 172k miles!).
In hybrids, the costs to replace batteries is fairly low nowadays, maybe $800 to $1000 or so, but the much larger batteries of BEV have been reported to cost higher than $20,000, so it's def something to consider.
Right now, given that BEV are somewhat new and most cars have new batteries, data on when batteries fail is probably still rare and still somewhat anecdotal, but a quick search of youtube shows that it does happen. In one case, a guy with 100k on his had to replace 2 times already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3E2bIbek-M
This one had to replace it after only 64k miles, which is pretty bad imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO0aKsgcyYI
Anyways, to ICE people, battery life and cost of replacement is probably a big concern when they consider buying any electric vehicle (whether HEV, PHEV, or BEV). It's just one of those things that people will need to take a leap and finally learn that it's not THAT bad.
In hybrids, the costs to replace batteries is fairly low nowadays, maybe $800 to $1000 or so, but the much larger batteries of BEV have been reported to cost higher than $20,000, so it's def something to consider.
Right now, given that BEV are somewhat new and most cars have new batteries, data on when batteries fail is probably still rare and still somewhat anecdotal, but a quick search of youtube shows that it does happen. In one case, a guy with 100k on his had to replace 2 times already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3E2bIbek-M
This one had to replace it after only 64k miles, which is pretty bad imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO0aKsgcyYI
Anyways, to ICE people, battery life and cost of replacement is probably a big concern when they consider buying any electric vehicle (whether HEV, PHEV, or BEV). It's just one of those things that people will need to take a leap and finally learn that it's not THAT bad.
i'd guess, all it will take to get to a tipping point is 5 minute 100 mi. charging.
i recently charged 27%-80% in 13 minutes, so let's say roughly 50% recharge, and my range is about 25mi. per 10% so that's adding 5x25 of range or 125 miles in 13 minutes. not 5 minutes, but not bad! but if it was 5 minutes, and there were plenty of chargers out there, i think the 'anxiety' and resistance to ev's would fade away.
i recently charged 27%-80% in 13 minutes, so let's say roughly 50% recharge, and my range is about 25mi. per 10% so that's adding 5x25 of range or 125 miles in 13 minutes. not 5 minutes, but not bad! but if it was 5 minutes, and there were plenty of chargers out there, i think the 'anxiety' and resistance to ev's would fade away.
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I think batteries are a concern, even for hybrids. People had that as their number one concern about buying such vehicles (and I do too, with my Prius now in its 15th year and 172k miles!).
In hybrids, the costs to replace batteries is fairly low nowadays, maybe $800 to $1000 or so, but the much larger batteries of BEV have been reported to cost higher than $20,000, so it's def something to consider.
Right now, given that BEV are somewhat new and most cars have new batteries, data on when batteries fail is probably still rare and still somewhat anecdotal, but a quick search of youtube shows that it does happen. In one case, a guy with 100k on his had to replace 2 times already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3E2bIbek-M
This one had to replace it after only 64k miles, which is pretty bad imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO0aKsgcyYI
Anyways, to ICE people, battery life and cost of replacement is probably a big concern when they consider buying any electric vehicle (whether HEV, PHEV, or BEV). It's just one of those things that people will need to take a leap and finally learn that it's not THAT bad.
In hybrids, the costs to replace batteries is fairly low nowadays, maybe $800 to $1000 or so, but the much larger batteries of BEV have been reported to cost higher than $20,000, so it's def something to consider.
Right now, given that BEV are somewhat new and most cars have new batteries, data on when batteries fail is probably still rare and still somewhat anecdotal, but a quick search of youtube shows that it does happen. In one case, a guy with 100k on his had to replace 2 times already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3E2bIbek-M
This one had to replace it after only 64k miles, which is pretty bad imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO0aKsgcyYI
Anyways, to ICE people, battery life and cost of replacement is probably a big concern when they consider buying any electric vehicle (whether HEV, PHEV, or BEV). It's just one of those things that people will need to take a leap and finally learn that it's not THAT bad.
Honestly this thread has become pointless it's become a platform to **** on EVs.
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Battery #3 and motor #13. Remember it has 2 motors...and replacing an EV motor is nothing like replacing an ICE motor. Thats still 100,000 miles per motor and 400,000 miles per battery. Likely motors failed in pairs, so thats 185,000 miles between motor failures.
I guarantee the cost to run that to 1.2 Million miles is FAR less than it would have cost to run a comparable luxury ICE sedan to 1.2 Million miles. Thats roughly 2,300 tanks of fuel for one, at a cost of $138,000 if we assume $60 a tank. Assuming 40k on brakes which is about right thats 30 brake jobs which on my S560 cost about $2,000, thats $60,000 in brakes where a model S can go 100k miles without a brake job easily. Changing oil every 10k miles thats 120 oil changes at $115 a pop thats $13,800. Even on the million mile Lexus LS400 there were something like 6 transmission rebuilds...
I guarantee the cost to run that to 1.2 Million miles is FAR less than it would have cost to run a comparable luxury ICE sedan to 1.2 Million miles. Thats roughly 2,300 tanks of fuel for one, at a cost of $138,000 if we assume $60 a tank. Assuming 40k on brakes which is about right thats 30 brake jobs which on my S560 cost about $2,000, thats $60,000 in brakes where a model S can go 100k miles without a brake job easily. Changing oil every 10k miles thats 120 oil changes at $115 a pop thats $13,800. Even on the million mile Lexus LS400 there were something like 6 transmission rebuilds...
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I have to agree with this. Its ridiculous. This is supposed to be a place to duscuss EVs in general, not a place to constantly have this back and forth argument, and Hybrids aren't even supposed to be discussed in here, only EVs and PHEVs.
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Your constant barrage of FUD has become incredibly tiresome I can cherry pick any car and find catastrophic failure including Toyota. I personally revived a Prius that had a totally dead hybrid battery the dealer wanted more than the car was worth to get it back into operation. $1,000 repair is your claim? Not even close the estimate was over $10,000.
Honestly this thread has become pointless it's become a platform to **** on EVs.
Honestly this thread has become pointless it's become a platform to **** on EVs.
I also did say it would still be rare in new cars, and that any cases would be anecdotal, and gave those vids as examples.
Nothing I said so far above is false or FUD. It's simply being honest.
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Didn't I say it was a concern to all electric vehicles? I know people ask me all the time about the hybrid battery (whether HEV or PHEV), and I have to admit to them that I'm very concerned as well.
I also did say it would still be rare in new cars, and that any cases would be anecdotal, and gave those vids as examples.
Nothing I said so far above is false or FUD. It's simply being honest.
I also did say it would still be rare in new cars, and that any cases would be anecdotal, and gave those vids as examples.
Nothing I said so far above is false or FUD. It's simply being honest.
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Didn't I say it was a concern to all electric vehicles? I know people ask me all the time about the hybrid battery (whether HEV or PHEV), and I have to admit to them that I'm very concerned as well.
I also did say it would still be rare in new cars, and that any cases would be anecdotal, and gave those vids as examples.
Nothing I said so far above is false or FUD. It's simply being honest.
I also did say it would still be rare in new cars, and that any cases would be anecdotal, and gave those vids as examples.
Nothing I said so far above is false or FUD. It's simply being honest.
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200k miles on 10yr old Civic or Camry is nothing and its just as efficient as it was new. Not so for EVs.
EV battery costs more than the car value itself to replace currently - I’m not talking about hybrids.
Again when your stuck in traffic tomorrow - look around and see how many old cars are around you. I still see bunch of 2nd gen GS every day and newest one is 20 YEARS old! My uncle’s daily is a 30yr old Towncar. The amount of old pickup trucks still running is crazy. There is a lot of people that rely on older / cheaper cars.
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A battery failure is also not the same as a headlight failure, or something minor. It is a substantial expense, even for hybrids with small packs, and has always been a concern for incoming people, so I never make light of it when I discuss it.
Here is a site that actually does try to get some data out
https://www.recurrentauto.com/resear...batteries-last
Battery failure rate for BEVs seem to be 1.5% so far (although it is self reported, and so the data is soft), and varies between manufacturers. They do mention data is scarce still because of the newness.
Some common model years that are older seem to have higher rates of failure, which I think is expected since they are older:
2013 Tesla Model S (8.5%)
2014 Tesla Model S (7.3%)
2015 Tesla Model S (3.5%)
2011 Nissan LEAF (8.3%)
2012 Nissan LEAF (3.5%)
7% failure in a car that is only 10 years old is NOT insignificant.
Last edited by asj2024; Mar 20, 2024 at 09:01 PM.