"We all know that EVs lose battery capacity and range as they age. But figuring out how healthy a specific car's battery is compared to when it was new isn't easy. Whereas phone manufacturers have built straightforward battery health monitoring menus right into their devices, EVs are often black boxes. That's bad for consumers, and it leaves me with too many unknowns to be confident in a purchase."
"Battery degradation is a fact of life with any EV, period. Charging, use, and environment take their toll on the big box of electrons stored under the car. All batteries will eventually wear out."
Electric vehicle batteries degrade over time through charging cycles, usage, and environmental factors, similar to smartphone batteries. However, while smartphones provide built-in battery health monitoring accessible to users, electric vehicles offer no comparable transparency. This information gap makes evaluating used EV purchases difficult, as buyers cannot easily determine a vehicle's battery health compared to its original capacity. Regulations that could have mandated battery health disclosure for EVs have been eliminated, leaving consumers without the tools needed to make confident purchasing decisions on used electric vehicles, despite their attractive pricing in the secondhand market.
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