The EV thread

[DJC]

I’m hearing from non Australian ev owners that battery degradation is minimal and they are expecting the batteries to outlast the car itself.
Sure, only time will tell but I wouldn’t want a ice petrol with 300,000km+ but these ev owners believe they’ll be getting 600-1000000km, if the body lasts

Yes, most EV manufacturers guarantee batteries for 8 years/160,000km and informed estimates suggest that they'll last 10-20 years, but with performance diminishing more rapidly after the 10 year mark.  However, EV batteries will degrade more quickly if exposed to temperatures below 0C and above 27C.  Clearly, that will present problems for Australian users, but not Tesla owners as their batteries are protected by a thermal management system.  Fast charging also degrades batteries.

There's an interesting blog about a cove towing a caravan around Australia with a Tesla.  It is a specially designed pop-up type caravan rather than the over GCM monstrosities many folk seem to tow.  He's having a ball and no issues ... yet.

TV "personality" Craig "Macca" McGowan recently gained publicity by exposing a "diesel fueled EV charging station" at Caiguna on the Nullabor.  In fact, the charging station is powered by cooking oil from the roadhouse and diesel is only used to start it during cold weather.  Just more "shouting at each other" as Robert Pepper put it.