Don’t know where you are, but in the UK, there are loads of old Leafs you can buy. The batteries where small to start with, and had no thermal management, but they are still usable. That what the article is saying, almost all ever made are still in use. Later EVs manage the battery, including it’s thermals, much better.
That is not tomorrows battery tech, or even today’s, it’s yesterday’s.
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/16/good-news-ev-batteries-last-longer-than-expected/
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Don’t know where you are, but in the UK, there are loads of old Leafs you can buy. The batteries where small to start with, and had no thermal management, but they are still usable. That what the article is saying, almost all ever made are still in use. Later EVs manage the battery, including it’s thermals, much better.
That is not tomorrows battery tech, or even today’s, it’s yesterday’s.
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No older than 2010, the year they were launched.
Good documentary from the time: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1413496
It’s a huge change happening and it is not perfectly done and it is difficult and scares people, but it is also glorious.