Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop - CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents - CleanTechnica
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Several state governors are fighting fear mongering as they attempt to reduce transportation emissions in their states.

Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents::Several state governors are fighting fear mongering as they attempt to reduce transportation emissions in their states.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•11 months ago
    1. I’m wary of any data coming from Tesla themselves.
    2. That’s kind of comparing apples and oranges. Also an engine rebuild is also considerably cheaper than battery replacements.
    3. That link sounds more theory than reality. A lot of “if” and “may” used in that article.
    4. 100,000 miles over ten years isn’t much. Reaching that amount of miles is considered less than the minimum for modern cars. And it’s only one example, I’ve seen examples of the exact opposite.
    5. How old and how many miles did the EVs you’ve owned have when you sold them?

    There’s not a ton of data on older EVs so it’s kind of hard get a clear picture on their longevity. I know they’re constantly improving and I’ll eventually get one, just not today 🤷🏻.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•11 months ago

      I cannot disagree about being wary of Tesla . . I certainly am. Here’s an article about data from 6,300 EV’s from 12 manufactures. Also includes a cool graphing tool . . . https://electrek.co/2019/12/14/8-lessons-about-ev-battery-health-from-6300-electric-cars/ Graphing the data: https://storage.googleapis.com/geotab-sandbox/ev-battery-degradation/index.html

      As for my own EV’s . . I was an early adopter with the 24kWh Nissan Leaf - only had about 65 miles of “real world” range. Didn’t keep that long and traded it for a VW eGolf . . . 125 “real world” miles. Had that for several years . . .but traded it early in 2023 for a VW ID4. With 300+ miles, I no longer think about range. None of them had/have more than 30,000 miles . . .and I never noticed any degradation at all. The impact of cold weather is a MUCH more more noticeable issue!!

      • @[email protected]English
        2•11 months ago

        That’s still at max, 6 years of data. Am I reading that right? But, to be fair there’s no indication of a dramatic drop off, at worst that data is incomplete.

        I wouldn’t be worried about buying a brand new EVs. My problem is that I exclusively buy 3-5 year old cars because that’s the most cost effective way to buy them. So if I bought a 5 year old EV and owned it for another 5 years it’s a 10 year old EV which is the very edge of the data is be able to find. That kind of unknown is a bit unsettling along with some other personal use case issues.

        Thank you for the info though.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•11 months ago

      A few things to casually point out:

      EV batteries are mandated by law to have an 8 year, 100K mile warranty. It’s fair that you’d want it to last significantly longer, but if these things were built to go kaput immediately after with very little buffer from the warranty period, you’re risking a lot of “below average” batteries having to be replaced under warranty - not to mention the reputation of these companies being absolutely shot as they ramp up EV production if they all went out immediately after.

      Most modern EV batteries are built with a battery management system. Basically a heating and cooling system and such that you don’t see in consumer electronics very much, meant to keep the battery system happy and healthy. The biggest exception to this is the Nissan Leaf, which is based on painfully outdated designs that never really improved from when they first came out almost 15 years ago. Many of those cars have cooked batteries and you would be right to be concerned about it.