Reply To: Electric Cars are they in your future?

2cents What you fail to mention is that the Telsa model 3 which has the one longest range of electric cars in the US. Although EPA rated at 383 miles The Model S has a claimed rate of 412 miles while EPA gives only 405 miles between charges. These models aren’t cheap a Model S starts at $90K and tops off at $150K while amodel 3 starts at $39k – $50K.
The problem with the rapidcharging as it is that it kills the battery life as it overcharges the battery.While the battery has a built in mangement to control this overtime it wears down. The normal battery life is 300k – 500k miles. But after 100k miles they can start losing it’s ability to hold the charge so that you will have to charge more often. There have been cars with as few as 40k miles having fried batteries and while this maybe covered under the warranty as most cars warranty the batterry for 100k miles or 8 years if the batteriy fails to hold 60% of the charge. There are other factors which may void the warranty such as how you drive, recharge and the climate it is being driven in. Battery replacement cost about $16K but will vary based on location.
A Telsa owner who needed a battery replacement decided to blow up the car rather than pay the $22K to replace it. Which you can google if you think I am making this up.
Another problem is how will all these EV battaries get recycled?