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⏱ Timestamps/ Chapters. 0:00– Intro: Why buyers stress over EV batteries. 1:00– EV battery life misconceptions vs truth. 1:24– How much capacity EV batteries really lose. 1:47– Battery guarantees described.

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31 responses to “WILL IT LAST? The Truth about used EV batteries”

  1. @TechTravel-up2cx Avatar
    @TechTravel-up2cx

    Music track really annoying.

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  2. @WagnerGimenes Avatar
    @WagnerGimenes

    My 2019 e-Niro First Edition with 94K miles showed me yesterday a 350 mile estimate with 100% charge. I’ve done a 315 mile journey about 3 months ago with 25 miles still left on the GOM. I regularly get 5+ mi/kWh and as much as 6 mi/kWh in short trips. I am one happy second owner of the car. I’ve averaged 4.9 mi/kWh over the past 8K miles (I hope Tom reads this comment) 😇😇✌✌👍👍

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  3. @Jaw0lf Avatar
    @Jaw0lf

    Batteries will very likely outlast the car. Then work as power storage with a lower peak demand. Then only when it can no longer do this, most likely another 20 years, it can be mostly recycled to create a new one. I have never been able to recycle fossil fuel!

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  4. @colinmcgerty2704 Avatar
    @colinmcgerty2704

    A good tip to have included would be that most EVs have the option to only charge to 80% in order to preserve long term battery health. Most people very rarely need to be at 100% on a normal day.

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    1. @stefanomacchi1977 Avatar
      @stefanomacchi1977

      not necessary on an lfp battery, but is a best practice for nmc or older batteries. Probably it will be a limit that will disappear in 2 or 3 years, maybe next year with the new MG batteries.

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  5. @grahamcastle8189 Avatar
    @grahamcastle8189

    Our four and a half year old zoe is returning the same range it did when new and we have not really noticed any degradation. Variance in range is more noticeable by outside temperature, road speed and load, just like an ice car.

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  6. @michaelarulanantham8833 Avatar
    @michaelarulanantham8833

    Any companies that can convert your car batteries for home storage? My 3rd hand 2017 30kWhr Nissan Leaf (fast approaching 72.5% battery capacity and 9 bars) is worth about £2k, but a 5kWhr home storage system with installation is £5k. There must be an exchange you can do that saves you money and benefits the installer?

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    1. @RamsayandClements Avatar
      @RamsayandClements

      Aren’t leafs Vehicle to grid ready? Could waiting for a vehicle to grid charger be worth it?

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    2. @michaelarulanantham8833 Avatar
      @michaelarulanantham8833

      ​@RamsayandClements Yes, that is correct. Unfortunately, that will probably be CCS, not ye olde CHAdeMO that Leafs are fitted with. Until 2026 that is.

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  7. @patriotbarrow Avatar
    @patriotbarrow

    I got a second hand Skoda Citigo EV made just before they discontinued the model. I could not be any happier with it. I do mostly city driving and with AC off I get nearly 9 mi/kwh. It’s almost cheaper than walking.

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  8. @christopherstubbs8130 Avatar
    @christopherstubbs8130

    The key line there was the one about ‘most’ people will change cars after a few years. Well, the whole pcp finance model relies on someone else then buying said car for circa 60% of the rrp. And here’s the thing, it’s very easy to look and listen to an ICE and get an idea if it is a dud. In most circumstances, you can’t look at a motor or a battery pack or an inverter stack and know what condition it is in. Battery condition reports should be mandatory for used sales, regardless of any warranty that may or may not still be in effect.

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    1. @jonathantaylor1998 Avatar
      @jonathantaylor1998

      “it’s very easy to look and listen to an ICE” – but, is it really, though…?
      An average engine contains around 200 moving parts, failure of any of which could render the engine wrecked.
      How does your ‘Average Jo/e’ used car buyer check the cam-belt, for example…?
      Or the oil pump…?
      What about checking the piston ‘con rods’…?
      Other than checking under the oil filler cap, there’s pretty-much nothing else the average buyer could assess.
      Conversely, with an OBD dongle and smart phone app, most used car buyers can check the State of Health % of the battery and, in some cases, even check individual cell modules for health.
      Buying a used EV is (statistically) considerable less risky than a combustion-engined car.

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  9. @DougGrinbergs Avatar
    @DougGrinbergs

    Gratuitous music is distracting and annoying 😡

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  10. @matthew_baynham Avatar
    @matthew_baynham

    Also you can buy a OBD Dongle and then connect your computer to the cars computer to monitor status of all the systems including the battery.

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  11. @mikeybajan Avatar
    @mikeybajan

    Another point worth making when comparing phone and car batteries is that phones are usually charged and discharged every day. Whereas cars, on average, are charged once a week. So, a phone will do 1000 cycles in three years and it’ll take a car 20 years to do the same

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    1. @andrewgage6942 Avatar
      @andrewgage6942

      I’ve had my Nokia phone for nearly 30 years, that only requires charging twice a week, early on, it was only once a week, overtime it’s like everything, it wears down, because of the technology on new phones, most change their phone every couple of years, they need to charge them every day, I don’t have the need for a technical phone, I use my phone purely to make and receive phone calls, my phone doesn’t do anything else but it still works, but like car batteries or conventional engines, they all degrade overtime

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  12. @albertoporras04 Avatar
    @albertoporras04

    An important point that needs to be brought out is that for a used EV (say, three or four years old) it is relatively easy and cost effective to have a battery health check done. If the report is good then you can have a high degree of confidence that the battery won’t suddenly “go bad” in the next three or four years, batteries just don’t normally behave like this.
    On the other hand it is much more difficult, and much more expensive, to do a “health check” on an internal combustion engine. How do you know you’re not six months away from a broken timing belt, heat gasket leak, main or rod bearing failure, etc.?

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  13. @jonathanwest624 Avatar
    @jonathanwest624

    Our 2019 first gen ioniq 28kwh is still generally showing range as when new after 66k and 6 years. Did a battery deg test using a basic method taken from a couple of YouTubers and comes out as 97.7% state of health. Can’t imagine any newer EVs will have a problem, especially as ours is one of the first generations that came out

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  14. @ohyesitsme Avatar
    @ohyesitsme

    They legally should have a “Battery State of Health Certificate”

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    1. @MalengWan Avatar
      @MalengWan

      How would you establish this “certificate” ?
      A battery is made of components, the health of the whole is the health of each component and the health of the assembly
      The more knowledge you request, the higher the cost will be !
      The battery price is not fixed, it’s rapidly falling year after year, investing a lot of research on re-use is not profitable at the industry level, it is marked for an after-market industry …

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    2. @AlanTov Avatar
      @AlanTov

      ​@@MalengWanshould be part of an MOT and agreed standard battery health report.

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  15. @Shaggy12321 Avatar
    @Shaggy12321

    My e tron is almost at 30k miles and will still get the claimed WLTP range with ease. It’s 3 years old now and the only issue its ever had is the passenger side charging port button stopped working because some grit from the road got behind it. Faultless

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  16. @charlotteclayman2556 Avatar
    @charlotteclayman2556

    I’ve just got a 2021 64kWh kona with 44k on the clock. Took my OBD reader with me check SOH and it had 7.5% still does 250miles so very pleased

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  17. @downwind_david Avatar
    @downwind_david

    Still happily running a 2014 BMW i3, so 11 years and over 100,000km – lost about 15km real world range in that time. As it is made out of aluminium and carbon fibre, I am assuming that the battery won’t outlive the bodywork, but it’ll be interesting to see when it needs replacing…

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  18. @BS25999 Avatar
    @BS25999

    The issue is not ‘degradation’ its ‘fail failure’. If a tiny component fails in the battery, they are really hard to fix. A Tesla battery replacement costs £8,000-£20,000 in the UK. A high voltage charger replacement can easily be £5000. So if it does break (and they do) the costs are really high.

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    1. @stefanomacchi1977 Avatar
      @stefanomacchi1977

      Still you’ve got 7 years of warranty, £5000 is less than an audi automatic gearbox, those who often fail and come without the 7 years of warranty. pro and minus in every car.

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    2. @richardlphillips Avatar
      @richardlphillips

      HEVRA garages can do module level repairs, so these failures are also pretty repairable. BMS components are also replaceable. Yeah it might cost a couple of grand, but then what major repair on any car doesnt

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    3. @AlanTov Avatar
      @AlanTov

      No one buys Tesla anymore.

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  19. @actuallypaulstanley Avatar
    @actuallypaulstanley

    Remember EV batteries also have a second life to them, such as at the Johan Cruijff ArenA which is using 148 Nissans Leaf batteries for its the 3MW storage system since 2018.

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    1. @savagedriver1967 Avatar
      @savagedriver1967

      Really? Cool.

      Reply
  20. @Electrifyingcom Avatar
    @Electrifyingcom

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