Slashdot reader Rutabaga8 is the CEO of a web site conducting in-depth research on personal finance topics. They recently contacted Slashdot to share “some surprising results” from their analysis of a nonprofit advocacy group’s seven years of data on Tesla batteries:

By seven years of age, the typical car could still deliver around 93% of the original range on a full charge. That means a Tesla battery typically loses around 1 percentage point of range each year on the road.

Of course, cars that put more miles on the odometer are likely to get faster battery deterioration, because itâ(TM)s the number of charges that really impact battery degradation. However, the data showed that by 150,000 miles Tesla cars still achieved more than 85% of their original range when they were charged to full capacity.

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Source: Slashdot – A Real-Life Tesla Study Shows Durability of EV Batteries