{"id":10758,"date":"2022-03-29T13:41:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1383464"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:41:54","slug":"how-long-does-an-electric-car-battery-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=10758","title":{"rendered":"How long does an electric car battery last?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you\u2019re a (prospective) EV driver, I\u2019m sure this question has crossed your mind: how long will my car\u2019s battery last before it becomes unusable?<\/p>\n

Indeed, that\u2019s a valid question. Battery degradation is bound to happen at some point. As a lithium-ion battery is charged and discharged, it degrades over time.<\/p>\n

Think of your old laptop for instance. It\u2019s gone through so many charging cycles that the battery\u2019s busted and the only way it works is if it\u2019s constantly plugged into a socket. Depending on the machine, this usually happens after two to four years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So when it comes to your electric vehicle, what can you expect? Is there an average lifecycle?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look and see how much we should care.<\/p>\n

What are the insights old EVs can give us?<\/h2>\n

Thankfully, we have some oldies on the road, like the early Nissan Leafs and Teslas<\/a>, which are still going strong and disproving skeptics.<\/p>\n

A 2020 survey by consumer review magazine Which?<\/a> found that EV batteries don\u2019t degrade as much as previously feared.<\/p>\n

According to the 1,016 electric car owners surveyed, EVs<\/a> that were up to three years old showed only a 2% decline in battery capacity. Cars, which were six years old, showed a degradation of up to 8%.<\/p>\n

This means that an electric car with a 395km range would only lose 5km of range after three years, and 31.5km after six years.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s with years-old technology.<\/p>\n

What do industry experts say?<\/h2>\n

With modern battery tech, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory<\/a> estimates that batteries could last between 12 and 15 years in moderate climates.<\/p>\n

Similarly, JB Straubel, Tesla\u2019s co-founder and former CTO, said in a recent interview<\/a> that batteries should last for a good 15 years.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a subjective thing depending on what people\u2019s goal is for the car, but I think it\u2019s going to easily be 15 years in most cases. I think battery life will probably track the life of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Along the same lines, Britishvolt\u2019s chief strategy officer Isobel Sheldon, has suggested<\/a> a 12-year lifespan.<\/p>\n

Automakers are taking a cautious approach<\/h2>\n

Another indication of how long your electric vehicle\u2019s battery<\/a> should last is the automakers\u2019 warranties. These warranties cover a period of time or kilometers driven, and guarantee that your battery will retain 70% of its initial capacity by that point.<\/p>\n

Carcompanies in the likes of Tesla, BMW, Nissan, and Volkswagen offer a warranty for up to eight years or 160,000 kilometers driven \u2014 whichever comes first.<\/p>\n

Kia is limiting its warranty to seven years, while Hyundai is more generous with 200,000km.<\/p>\n

What to keep in mind<\/h2>\n

To get a concrete answer we need more EVs on the road and an adequate timespan for their batteries to degrade \u2014 say, in the next decade.<\/p>\n

Still, the data we can gather from older electric cars and industry insights points to an average battery life of ten years.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s more or less the average life of a car itself.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s very likely that your car will bread down before the battery becomes a real issue. And unless you\u2019re planning to keep your EV to the point where it becomes a classic, you shouldn\u2019t worry that much about battery degradation.<\/p>\n

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