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Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds (thedriven.io)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I know someone with a decade old Leaf and that thing is still going strong with more than 300k on it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

yup that was the one! and it wasnt even that old. which is why i'm confused, it seemed good enough.

japan seemed to me like one of the places where great EVs would consistently be coming from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What about the batteries, though? How would Japan source those? All-in into aluminium-air?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The good thing about modern batteries is that in a decade after they are new and are down to 80% capacity, if that's not enough for you and you want to keep the car, a new battery will be cheaper and/or better

Leaf owners got twice the range from new batteries compared to the car when it was new

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

it would be sick if they could make an aluminium-air battery