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[–] whiskers165@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

Batteries do go out but it's something like less than 2.5% of EVs made since 2011 have needed a battery replacement. If you only count EVs made after 2015 it's less than 1%. All the early models before 2015 were pretty terrible with no thermal management systems on the batteries. Unless you are shopping for a gen1 Nissan LEAF with 43 miles of useable range you will almost certainly not have to worry about battery replacement.

From my observations a modern EV battery will usually last at least 150-300k miles.

EV Battery Replacement Graph

https://insideevs.com/news/720398/study-battery-replacement-rates-evs/