>>28195311
>Typical battery degradation
EV batteries degrade by 1.8% in the first few years until they reach 10% and stay that way for ever. If your leafs battery fails prematurely, you can get the battery swapped for a few grand or individual failed cells for cheap, many shops do this now. I wouldn't worry about reliability of the leaf, probably better than rube goldbergs.

One thing about the leaf is there's no thermal management of the battery, so if it's below freezing you may not be able to run your car at all because lithium batteries prevent discharging below 20F.

Leafs range also sucks, and if you're poor and can't charge at home, the public charging is shit, they use the old connector style that's being phased out and it's slow charging.

Sauce: https://www.motortrend.com/features/ev-battery-lifespan-degradation-replacement-cost-study/

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