@HumbleExaggeration@feddit.org
2026-04-13 17:42 UTC
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@jj4211@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 18:12
Yes, I'm just unsure when the volumes hit. Evidently they do seem to indicate a battery intake rate consistent with about 250,000 EV batteries a year. Globally about 30 million cars are junked a year, so as EV adoption raises then they could reasonably get 8 fold more batteries even while splitting with other companies. But they have a chokepoint that means they can only use a fraction of the batteries they get already, so more batteries won't help them right now.
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@bluGill@fedia.io 2026-04-14 13:18
So far car batteries are mostly lasting except for the Leaf which has a known bad design. Everyone else has put in proper thermo management, and so while batteries have degraded a bit over time, the cars are generally considered perfectly usable. I'm sure there are exceptions, but in general there isn't demand for battery related repairs in EVs. Only time will tell of course.