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by sudhirj 3731 days ago
8 years for the battery or the car? The batteries are replacable in a minute or so.
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8 years, unlimited miles for the battery and the drivetrain. 4 years and 50k miles for everything else.
The batteries are the single biggest cost in an electric car. The rest is all much cheaper than a conventional car. Replacing a your batteries would be a significant cost compared to buying a new car. It might even be 1/3 of the new ticket price.
Last I saw the battery expectation is around 15 years. In 15 years, at the rate of development of EV's and research/development being put into batteries, it would be reasonable to expect that batteries would be significantly cheaper with much better technology.