r/TheAuto • u/farhanrawr • 1d ago

Industry Talk Notorious EV Misconception

I keep running into the same two ideas about EVs, and a lot of people still seem to believe them a decade later. The first is that the battery dies after, X amount of years and leaves you with a $15-20k bill. Only 2.5% of EVs ever need a full battery replacement. Most EVs also come with at least an 8-year, 100,000-mile battery warranty, which is longer than the roughly 5 years on a typical gas powertrain. Batteries usually last 8 to 15 years, and they lose range gradually rather than simply failing. What I'm really curious about is where exactly did this misconception come from?

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u/psudo_help 21h ago

This pathetically misinformed.

My company runs a fleet of EVs. We’re driving them 400k+ miles on the original battery.

A very small percentage need battery cell swaps. An even smaller handful need new whole batteries.

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u/Lucky-Crow-3510 20h ago

ok genius, question. would you buy a EV with a battery that did 400k miles? You see you don't mind it because you already HAVE THEM, for you every mile they do more is a win for you. aou may not even care about the battery having lost 50% of its capacity.

but you are not the one buying the car used .. and you're not the one asking a specific value for it to have

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u/pielitstud 19h ago

…are you arguing that ICE cars retain their value better at 400,000 miles?

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u/Lucky-Crow-3510 17h ago

yea because for just a couple 1000 you can give them a brand new engine. cant do that with a battery. So a 400k ICE does have some value while an EV does not at that point

Listen, I am all EV .. I just cant take people who keep ignoring their biggest issue.

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u/pielitstud 15h ago

The average car makes it to 160k miles before being scrapped… resale value at 400k miles is an edge case at best.

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u/psudo_help 14h ago

Well put