New data shows EV batteries are lasting far longer than buyers think, yet US sales keep falling
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Modern EVs keep 95 percent of their range after five years, yet US sales fell 28 percent in June as policy and perception lag the technology
Modern electric vehicles retain an average of 97 percent of their original range after three years and 95 percent after five years, according to a new analysis by EV data company Recurrent. For a 2026 model with a rated range of 325 miles, that means roughly 309 miles would remain after half a decade of driving. A separate Recurrent study found that the battery replacement rate for EVs built from 2022 onward is just three in every thousand vehicles.
A study from vehicle data company Geotab,drawing on more than 22,700 vehicles, reached a similar conclusion, finding an average annual degradation rate of just over two percent. Viet Nguyen-Tien, an EV researcher at the London School of Economics, told The Wall Street Journal...
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