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just spit balling here, What Milage would be acceptable for a used EV, how long do the batteries really last millage wise. I have been looking at what look like good deals ranging from 8-22k miles in the £17-21k mark
 
The battery will outlast the car so just find one that looks like it's been looked after and don't worry about it. There's lots of >100k mile EV's in the UK just now and a fair few >200k ones.

Most battery degradation occurs in the first 20k miles then flattens out. E.g a 300 mile car becomes a 280 mile car then after 100k miles it might be a 270 mile car.

£17-21k gives you lots of options. My Model 3 is just about to go back to the work leasing company (3.5 yrs old, 26k miles thanks to covid) and I expect that'll go for around £22-23k at auction.

I've heard many good things about these guys who will buy from auction on your behalf for a fee: https://www.eco-cars.net/
 
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Unless it's a Nissan Leaf i wouldn't worry much about the battery. If you can find one that's not been sat for ages at very high or very low state of charge, say on a dealer forecourt on 3% or 100% for 6 months as that will do it no good at all.

You will get some degradation as time goes by but i think by the time it's going to be significant the rest of the cars running gear will be falling apart as you'll probably be getting on for 150+k miles. Ignore all the trolls who'll insist you'll need a new battery after 5 years, they've just been sucked into the conspiracy rabbit hole about it all.
 
woppy101 said:
just spit balling here, What Milage would be acceptable for a used EV, how long do the batteries really last millage wise. I have been looking at what look like good deals ranging from 8-22k miles in the £17-21k mark
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I think the battery will outlast the car so I would look at milage the same as with an ice.
I just bought a 2.5 year old ipace with what many would consider a worryingly high 42000 miles .

but with an 8 year 100k miles warranty I am not worried
the model 1 leaf is an exception but that is very open about battery health. I would look at that rather than milage
 
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go LFP for peace of mind ? 2x life cycles, slightly worse cold performance;
maybe you can ask someone selling for the charge statistics, to see how much home vs dc charging was done, can they show if it was regularly brimmed.
 
there are loads of options in the OP price bracket but i would be looking at something like

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I have seen model 3s in ops price bracket as well.

like i said however, any miles under 50k does not worry me personally...... so long as you get a battery warranty
 
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Nasher said:
Age is more important for batteries TBH. They don't age like a mechanical part.

At the moment it's still to early to tell how long they will last in reality (which ofc won't be as long as manufacturers claim)
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but we already know the nonsence spouted by Clarkson about 5 years then the bin was crap

leaf model 1 batteries are rubbish compared to todays tech... and yet there are plenty of nissan leafs (leaves?) which are 10 years old with 10 bars out of 12 health.

given most (all?) new EVs come with an 8 year battery warranty then i think they must be fairly comfortable with their longevity.
 
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but we already know the nonsence spouted by Clarkson about 5 years then the bin was crap

leaf model 1 batteries are rubbish compared to todays tech... and yet there are plenty of nissan leafs (leaves?) which are 10 years old with 10 bars out of 12 health.

given most (all?) new EVs come with an 8 year battery warranty then i think they must be fairly comfortable with their longevity.
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Then why not a 20 year warranty if they are so confident they will outlast the car :D
 
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Then why not a 20 year warranty if they are so confident they will outlast the car :D
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well it would definitely be a selling point............. but then where would their potential for extra warranties go? as it is main dealers lose out on the cambelts, clutches, gear boxes, turbos, exhausts, cylinder head gaskets, sparkplugs, brake discs and pads..........................

poor after sales service team have gotta feed their kids somehow ;)
 
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The suspension, chassis and interior will last far longer than 8 years.

Well, maybe not from some manufacturers lol
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and yet many car manufacturers - even supposed high end ones - only offer 3 years warranty... we should probably all buy Asian cars to encourage the European brands to follow suit.
 
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Do you think there is scope for a "standard" of battery tech? i.e. An independent company starts up and makes solely battery "trays" with different specs, which can be inserted into the car chassis? A bit like how we have AA/AAA batteries, but they would be modular arrays to fit the most possible shapes? I guess there would be too much common sense and collaboration involved which would get in the way of pure profit.
 
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