“”California’s growing battery storage network has reached a major milestone after delivering more than 12,000 megawatts of electricity to the state’s grid, an amount roughly equal to the output of 12 large nuclear power plants. The record was quietly set in late March as battery systems supplied more than 40 percent of California’s electricity demand
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“Engineering With Rosie” Barnes explains why EV batteries usually last longer than the car. Determining SOH = state of health. Testing for SOH. Thermal issues. Buying used EVs. The EV batteries are guaranteed for 8 years so the risk is lowered when buying a used EV. She mentioned that there are outliers. Occasionally a used
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ELECTRIC CARS World News https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles /comments/1qp4q8u/a_study_suggests_that _replacing_the_battery_in_an/ A study suggests that replacing the battery in an electric car will soon be cheaper than repairing an engine.
And it’s not a minute too soon!! Australia’s battery revolution is pushing gas out of the grid support business https://www.facebook.com/100050608264103/posts/pfbid0B1uyxmhPv8RqXBJz2PKmCkNqDu5HVsduG9KmfVJ4xQtsVPTcoHnLvE6r9pCLMLxal/?mibextid=CDWPTG
FB Article with info and links to other articles. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0H4FLP7LUnAhGWJTx2wmJymGTnSu6YnR1mwuvfQe6Xhk6zXouxPttw1HF1zFumrFkl&id=100050608264103&post_id=100050608264103_pfbid0H4FLP7LUnAhGWJTx2wmJymGTnSu6YnR1mwuvfQe6Xhk6zXouxPttw1HF1zFumrFkl&mibextid=CDWPTG
And it’s almost all solar. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0eWhN1GuFiA7DAehGexTtRUu1xh5UT8kfGzDmsp1Pnc6RpnV2KWTCp1YbpE9W6gGfl&id=6717627&post_id=6717627_pfbid0eWhN1GuFiA7DAehGexTtRUu1xh5UT8kfGzDmsp1Pnc6RpnV2KWTCp1YbpE9W6gGfl&mibextid=CDWPTG
CATL with Yutong will sell EV batteries with a 1.5 million km (932,000 mile), 15 Year warranty. They have zero degradation in the first thousand charge / discharge cycles. These will be used in buses. CATL launches new EV battery with close to a 1 million mile, 15-year lifespan
Battery degradation myths spread by anti-EV, big oil, fossil fuels industries. New study of 1,300 EVs busts battery degradation myths, Kia and Tesla top the list
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