why? would you buy a used cellphone with 70% functioning battery?
For the right price, maybe? I've given old cellphones to friends for the price of a meal or pizza before, so maybe around there.
Getting a used car for a few thousand dollars even if it's fairly worn out is still way more tempting than buying new, right?
ICE also degrade over time. Batteries tend to last way longer than internal combustion engines.
Replacing an iPhone phone battery is trivial cost-wise, why not?
> > In other news, the lack of demand makes them pretty cheap at the moment. You can find a 2023 HW4 Plaid Model S for <$50k.
> why? would you buy a used cellphone with 70% functioning battery?
Did you test that particular battery before making that statement or how do you know what percentage it's at?
A used 1000hp car is a lot more fun than even a new cell phone.
EV batteries degrade nowhere near that fast.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-battery-life-80-percent-capa...