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EV batteries may last 40 pct longer than previously thought, new study shows (thedriven.io)

submitted 3 months ago by Fallstar@mander.xyz to c/electric_vehicles@lemmy.ml

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[–] Fallstar@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

True but I feel if this becomes commonplace. Good luck trying to sell your cars. Your brand will be dead. Then you have refurbished batteries and third party repair companies coming into the space since as you put it, the money is the battery.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Would be amazing. At the moment I don't know of a single brand opening up batteries to fix them. They all consider them a single replaceable component/module even though inside that's far from the case.

[–] Fallstar@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

https://www.theautopian.com/some-geniuses-are-swapping-brand-new-chinese-batteries-into-dead-nissan-leafs-for-over-250-miles-of-range/

Here is one third party company doing refurbishments