Major breakthrough could extend EV range to over 3,000 miles on a single charge

[HermitHogan]

Honda offers a 10 year warranty but I believe it's prorated, I'm not certain of this but before I would buy a EV I'd want to know for certain how long the full warranty of the battery will be in effect. Even paying for 50% of a battery plus labor would cancel most, if not all, of any savings on gasoline.

There is also the savings on maintenance with an EV. No oil changes, air filters, tune-ups...

 

[papa tiger]

This is also why depreciation is so steep. Which begs the question: If nobody wants to buy the used EV at 5 years, why would you want to keep it more than 5 years? Could it be that this 10 year battery stuff is industry marketing not borne out in real world experience?

The other wrinkle is that if EVs will be so much better mañana so that more people buy them... can we really expect charging infrastructure buildout before there is any significant demand?

Maybe Leasing is the way to go, 4 years 70,000 miles, full warranty coverages, walkout of the stealer-ship with another lease. No depreciation, no added costs, just servicing under warranty (free) and charging costs.