Research by telematic company Geotab has shown that “high levels of sustained battery health” have been observed in its database of electric models. There will always be outliers – cars that cover hundreds of thousands of kilometres versus cars that barely manage to crack six figures – but for most of us, with just a little care, but for the most part batteries do seem to be lasting longer than expected.
You know the ones – “We just bought a second-hand EV and now it needs €20,000 worth of new batteries”, that sort of thing. Such cases do crop up from time to time, but they’re far from the norm. Indeed in March of 2023, American electric vehicles specialist website Recurrent carried out a survey of 15,000 EVs, and found that 1.5 per cent of them had needed a complete battery replacement.
Older models, such as the original Nissan Leaf, are long out of warranty but tend to have smaller, less complex batteries which are easier and cheaper to replace. In the UK, Nissan offers older Leaf buyers a £5,000 battery replacement package, with a £1,000 cashback which is effectively the recycling value of the metals and components in the old battery. Not cheap, to be sure, but equally not out of line with some repair costs for older petrol or diesel engines.
Specialised training and facilities are currently needed for battery maintenance, as the voltages in an electric car battery will kill you pretty quick if they’re mishandled once out of the car . For now, only the big main dealers and dealer groups can afford to invest in the kind of specialised training needed for battery removal and replacement, but such skills will – inevitably – trickle through to more affordable garages and independent specialists in the future.
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