Battery replacements are most common on early EVs that were built before 2015 and about one in three EVs built in 2011 needed a new battery pack.
One of EV owners' biggest fears is replacing the battery at a cost of $20,000 or more. Although the battery is the single most expensive component in the vehicle, a recent study suggests that this shouldn’t really be a concern if your EV was built after 2015. Recurrent Auto has looked at over 20,000 EVs and found that, on average, just 2.5% of vehicles had their batteries replaced.
Some older EVs have air-cooled batteries with no thermal management and suffer even more degradation. Batteries in newer EVs not only have improved chemistries that help them last longer and take frequent fast charging better, but their thermal management systems are considerably more effective and they are better at staving off accelerated battery degradation. Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox.
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