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OxenRan t1_iu2b2mw wrote

This sounds great, but companies cause the most pollution, not individuals. Do we even know the lifespan of electric vehicles? I'm concerned about battery life, waste, and plastic in all of the new electric vehicles.

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Arrays_start_at_2 t1_iu3bsi2 wrote

Longer than ICE vehicles.

There’s comparatively so few moving parts that they can last a long, long time. 99% of vehicles that are junked for anything other than accidents it’s because something expensive in the engine or transmission blew up. EV motors have ONE moving part, and most EV gearboxes (nearly all of them in fact) only have a very sturdy, single, fixed gear instead of a complicated and relatively fragile transmission.

The only part that wears out in the drivetrain is the battery. And the life on those is surpassing our expectations. The average 2012 model year Tesla model S still had 90% of its battery capacity in 2019. There have been posts from people with 300k+ miles and batteries above 90%.

The rest of the vehicle should last the same as an ICE car.

And once battery packs aren’t good enough for automotive use they still have useful life as stationary energy storage systems where energy density doesn’t matter nearly as much.

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OxenRan t1_iu5q0vr wrote

That's great to know. I can't wait until they have an easily swappable battery. A few companies are making electric drivetrain kits for fossil fuel cars.

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Activehannes t1_iu3qrtz wrote

>This sounds great, but companies cause the most pollution, not individuals.

The top polluter of this planet are all:

Oil companies
Energy companies (coal)
Meat companies

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soolkyut t1_iu3wtmn wrote

It’s not me that pollutes, it’s the company that sold me the stuff I use!

If they didn’t make the stuff I pollute with, I wouldn’t be polluting!

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