The radical change in the automotive industry continues at full speed. After the success of companies such as Tesla, which produces electric cars in recent years, companies that have been in the sector for years started to say goodbye to internal combustion engines by keeping up with the trend. For this reason, we can say that there is an electrification situation in the automobile industry at the moment. So, how long is the life of electric vehicle batteries? Tesla co-founder JB Straubel explained.
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In this period when the automotive industry is electrified day by day, one of the issues that comes up frequently is the life of electric car batteries. Because we are talking about how long this battery needs to be replaced, unlike how many kilometers the car will travel on a single charge.
Tesla co-founder Jeffrey Brian Straubel announced the estimated lifespan of electric car batteries in a statement at the CERAWeek 2022 event. According to Straubel, the lifespan of these batteries in normal use approximately 15 years. Except this battery life is directly proportional to vehicle life Straubel said he didn’t think people would put a new battery in an old (15-year-old) electric car.
Jeffrey Brian Straubel’s statements on the subject are as follows;
How people use their cars varies a lot, but I think battery life would easily be 15 years in most cases. I can also say that the battery life will probably be directly proportional to the vehicle life. Personally, I think the odds of people putting a new battery in an old (15 year old) car are pretty low.
Finally, it should be noted that Jeffrey Brian Straubel was responsible for Tesla’s battery development until 2019, and closely followed the life of electric car batteries, in addition to recycling lithium-ion batteries and e-waste, with the company Redwood Materials, which he founded in 2017.
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