https://briankoberlein.com/2015/06/06/electric-carsrare-earth-elements/ Brian Koberlein Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 https://briankoberlein.com/2015/06/06/electric-carsrare-earth-elements/#comment-2435 Tue, 09 Jun 2015 14:54:15 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=4860#comment-2435 They will wear out eventually, as the chemicals within the cell degrade or if continuously subjected to extreme conditions (very hot, very cold, depleting too much charge at once) that cause them to go outside normal operating conditions. But they should last much longer than batteries we are used to (single use batteries or rechargeable batteries used in electronics). Electric vehicle Lithium-ion batteries are designed/constructed to last for thousands of charge-discharge cycles, which translates into 8-10 years (assuming you charge up once or twice a day).

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2015/06/06/electric-carsrare-earth-elements/#comment-2429 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:21:19 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=4860#comment-2429 So are Tesla’s batteries like any other battery and they eventually wear out and stop holding their charge? I have never understood why this happens very well.

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