ELECTRIC TOPGEAR’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING

Paul Horrell

MYTH BUSTER “ YOU’LL HAVE TO GET A NEW BATTERY IN A FEW YEARS” Many electric car doubters assume the battery will be dead after eight years, because that’s how long most of their guarantees last. They also say, well, their phone batteries lose about a fifth of their capacity after three years or so. Charged nightly, that’s 1,000 cycles. During which time the phone has got hot, and always been charged right to full capacity. Battery life depends on cycles and on abuse – extreme charging and temperature – not so much on time. Electric car owners often just charge the battery up to about three-quarters for normal commuting, as it’s gentler. But let’s assume the worst. You have a car that starts life with 250 miles’ range, and give…

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BBC Top Gear (digital) - 1 Issue, Oct-22

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