EVs are practically worthless secondhand, because the huge batteries will need expensive replacement after a few years. “There is an immense amount of consumer concern around the state of the battery that you buy in a secondhand vehicle,” says James Wallace, cofounder of Fortescue’s battery intelligence division Elysia. “Using that we can estimate at any given time what the total …
Big announcements have been made this week about electric cars and the batteries that power them. Electrified car battery degradation revealed: Analysis of battery performance in electric and hybrid vehicles has outline how much capacity they lose after the first year With the ban on petrol, diesel ans hybrid cars potentially being fast-tracked by a decade to 2030, demand for …
