Hell, a car with 40 kWh of usable battery capacity is still plenty for a high schooler to get around town or something. Which is what you'd often expect for a car as it reaches an old enough age anyway
Early Nissan Leafs started with 24 kWh, so when they lost a chunk of their initial range they became impractical to use. Your range might be shorter than the distance between chargers, especially in winter.
If you start with 40 kWh, you can lose a third of that and it's still fine for occasional long trips if you have charging network coverage. And you probably won't lose a third of your battery capacity ever, since modern EVs have battery cooling and better batteries.
LFP batteries will probably all outlive the cars they're in.
There's already a company positioned to take "dead" ev batteries, referb them and put them into municipal power storage. I'd guess it'll be the sort of situation where, if you can replace them yourself then the cells are yours to do with as you please, but if you go to a shop to have them replaced the shop will probably resell your cells.
It's almost like there is an AstroTurfed campaign to get people to lose confidence in electric vehicles by talking about batteries, even though most first generation Prius batteries are doing just fine.
This is good news. Hopefully the percentage of damaged batteries (whether from improper production, wear and tear, or physical damage ) is low that they can continue to serve long lives. Hope to see more information on that soon.
I’ve recently started delivering for DoorDash and my mileage has skyrocketed. Im trying to figure out the cutoff where it makes sense to go finance an EV vs keep paying for gas. I don’t think I’m there yet, but I’m spending upwards of $200/month on gas so I’m not terribly far off from a used EV being the same monthly cost.
"The good news is that your EV battery is far more complex and sophisticated than other lithium ion batteries in your life and is built to ensure its lifetime exceeds its warranty - and more."