Because the overwhelming majority won’t wear out at 100k miles. ICE cars have engine failures early as well, so why are we picking on EVs? I just had to put my car in the dumpster at 112k because the head gasket failed and replacing it would cost 6 fucking thousand dollars!
Meanwhile my wife’s Prius has 300k on it and the battery is still at 70% capacity.
On average, you should replace your Toyota’s battery every 8-10 years or 100,000-150,000 miles.
Last I heard the batteries on any ev basically gets replaced at ~100k because they don’t hold a charge well, assuming the same weather conditions throughout the lifetime of the batteries. I even heard that specifically about Prius’.
Because the overwhelming majority won’t wear out at 100k miles. ICE cars have engine failures early as well, so why are we picking on EVs? I just had to put my car in the dumpster at 112k because the head gasket failed and replacing it would cost 6 fucking thousand dollars!
Meanwhile my wife’s Prius has 300k on it and the battery is still at 70% capacity.
You have any links you can point me to that backs that up?
A JD Powers article states the following…
Last I heard the batteries on any ev basically gets replaced at ~100k because they don’t hold a charge well, assuming the same weather conditions throughout the lifetime of the batteries. I even heard that specifically about Prius’.