• danielton@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No kidding. They build disposable cars, and the entire electric car industry is headed in this direction.

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          My parents have a 2013 Model S that’s doing just fine. It’ll last 20 years I’m sure.

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            1 year ago

            I don’t doubt it can last 20 years, but I doubt any Tesla will last as long as an average Toyota. We know batteries have limited cycles. When an engine takes a shit it’s a few grand. When batteries take a shit, you’ll never even consider replacing them because they’re 5x-10x more expensive than the car is worth. So off to the landfill. Definitely saving the planet or much money buying a higher end model Tesla.

            I think it becomes economical sensible for a lowest priced model 3 if you qualify for all the rebates (state and federal), otherwise it’s an early adopter tech toy.

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              1 year ago

              There’s a lot of misinformation here that I’m not even going to bother to respond to

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                1 year ago

                Ya that would be difficult for a Tesla fan. Easier just to make a baseless claim and pretend you could but simply don’t want to refute anything with facts.

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                  1 year ago

                  Not a tesla fan, but also not in the business of refuting uninformed but confidently held opinions.

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                    Then why even reply… Waste of time and space. It’s ok to just move on.

                    Lithium batteries are very expensive(20k) and don’t last 250-300k miles. That’s an undeniable fact.

                    Engine swaps are not even close to that. You can swap 5 engines for the cost of a full battery swap.

                    And EVs aren’t saving the world. They’re saving a few people some money on gas. Which is much less than the extra cost of the cars unless you drive a lot, or live somewhere with expensive gas.

                    20% battery degradation after 100k miles is not a small issue. It’s extremely significant to the equation of value.

                    These aren’t “opinions.” They’re facts that are well addressed and talked about routinely. There’s no secret information about the limits of lithium batteries. They’re literally 18650 batteries. The same batteries consumers used for over a decade. We’re all aware of battery degradation.

                    Some people are in denial. And that’s on them.

                    You see lithium degradation curves here:

                    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/cp/d1cp00359c

                    Yes. They’ll be “functional” for 2000+ cycles, but they don’t hold much charge after 1000 cycles.