Originally Posted by robmog88

“Please stop thinking the batteries will need replacing, they won’t, they are outperforming all expectations and 10 year old batteries are still at 90% plus state of health.
If the car is kept for several years the overall costs of ownership are way cheaper than ice cars as there’s no engine, exhaust, cat, radiator or other components to need replacing.


There is an interesting site called InsideEvs that I drop into from-time-to-time as I look into EVs . Nissan were having an issue with the degradation on 30KW Leafs, but even 24KW ones were averaging 2.9 -3.3% decline p.a. accelerating as the cars get older. I am sure there are "90% at 10 years old" Leafs, just as there are 1 million miles Volvos, but to my mind there is still a large amount of uncertainty.

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Brian

Jersey and Spain