But 200k miles, you don't see many cars on the road still running well that have done that? Isn't 10k miles a year about average anyway, so 200k miles would be 20 years.
There are plenty. A lot of reps/taxis/long-distance commuters will cover that in 5 years or less - a well-made, well-maintained car won't be fit for scrap after that short time, regardless of mileage. In fact, it ought to be 'a thing' that, in such a case (new-ish car that's done loads of miles), you could eventually get a replacement engine - but nobody ever seems to consider that an option nowadays, as it isn't worth it financially. I wonder if batteries for EVs will take the place of engines in that scenario - where the 'accepted' lifetime of a car is as long as a battery lasts.
Ev cars do not use any battery sat in traffic. I sat in mine outside school yesterday with it on, with my phone plugged in it charging while I watched a movie on my phone, it didn't use any battery %.
That's good to know, at least.
Ours is 8.5 years old and no degradation in the battery capacity so far. Also never had a glitch or been let down.
That's a good start, but we've never owned a car that's been less than 8 years old, so we may be going from different points of expectation!
If the amazon driver is only getting 70 miles they must be driving an older first generation ev
Or maybe you just get significantly fewer miles for a larger/heavier/laden vehicle that drives through a built-up area and frequently stops and starts? I wonder how it works for really heavy vehicles? Does anybody know how feasible it is to power a 44-ton artic on a battery, and what kind of range you get?
Incidentally, does anybody have any experience of towing with EVs? How do they fare with an average-sized family caravan, and how much does the towed weight reduce your range by?
Batteries have state of health (SOH) measurement which starts off at 100%. But it can be affected and degraded quickly or slowly by a number of things.
The problem with that, though (if phones are anything to go by), is that you can't always rely on them to remain accurate. A new, fully-functioning battery will accurately 'report' and show its SOH, but a worn/glitchy one might not remain reliable - because of those glitches!
My phone (from 2017, on its second battery) will show 30% and then suddenly power off, as it's actually empty. I can also leave it plugged in, connected and supposedly charging overnight and it just doesn't bother to take any charge at all, as I discover the next morning.
Frustrating enough when you can't communicate, but I wouldn't be happy if I were driving through the Highlands with a caravan, expecting to look for a charger point within the next hour or so and then suddenly grinding to a halt. It would scare me and make me a bit fearful every time I travelled, actually.
Unless you have a severe fuel tank leak (which doesn't normally happen without warning), a third of a tank of petrol or diesel cannot simply disappear. Even if your fuel gauge is duff (like mine on an old car was for years), you can still make a note of when you last fuelled and rely on a constant usage rate, within a safe buffer zone.
With my phone, I now treat it as a bonus when it does work and expect it not to be available. I'm hoping to get a new one soon, when I can afford it, but a phone costs a tiny fraction of what a car does - and I'm not willing to plan long journeys and holidays based on a high likelihood of failure.