Would a cold climate help the Leaf suffer less damage then. Maybe people should put big fan next to it when charging
absolutely. iirc Australia did have a problem with early EV batteries ... in blighty it is less of an issue. my mates 2012 leaf had dropped 1 bar when he sold it q1 or q2 of last year. not too shabby for the "worst" ev.for battery issues on the market, which according to Clarkson would be fit for the bin after 3 years.
my mate also said unless you need to not to routinely charge over 80 or 90%. fully charging the battery esp the MK1 leafs (leaves?) affects the longevity more than modern ev car batteries which have a bit of redundancy built in.
bottom line ....
a modern ev battery will far outlast the car, and will likely go onto a 2nd life as house batteries or even powering streetlights charged by solar
also.... there are multiple places geared up to recycle ev batteries en masse when they do get to EOL..... the probem is...... they are lasting longer than ever expected and they don't have enough to keep them busy (this will surely change over the next 5 years)
I do wish EVs were cheaper.... I am comfortably off but can't justify the cost of an EV with the features I need for the main car. part of it is the current climate with shortages and what not inflating prices of 2nd hand.
part of it is economics of scale . they can't make them in as big a number as ice cars
part of it is reluctance because they don't have the ongoing maintanence costs of ice cars so the traditional car companies would rather sell you a petrol, diesel or "self charging" hybrid (I hate that term)
and part of it is because they spec them so damn high. yes of course I love all the gadgets but there needs to be a version which is bare bones to cut costs.
ideally someone like Dacia need to start making an EV, possibly using last gen....... would it be Zoe? parts ( I think Dacia are budget Renault arnet they? (not certain)
edit sorry got a bit carried away there
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