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BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace (gizmodo.com)
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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Everyone has different definition of lifetime and very few keep theirs 40 years

I personally buy new and keep it for its lifetime, as defined by “needing more work than its value “. That has worked out to be 12-15 years for ICE cars. For an EV I’m reasonably confident the battery will last longer than I own the vehicle and it will still have some amount of resale value based on batteries degrade rather than die

Also I’ve seen quite a few articles like

Tesla is ahead there too. Its average EV lifespan is 20.3 years, whereas the average electric vehicle has a lifespan of 18.4 years. By comparison, the average gas-powered vehicle's lifespan is 18.7 years.