Electric car batteries already have long lifespans so that car owners can financial benefit from using the battery for energy storage. There electric car batteries can also get a second life as energy storage.
"“The battery will outlive the car,” says Graeme Cooper confidently. “Today, most EV batteries have a life expectancy of 15 to 20 years within the car – and a second life beyond.”
It’s also worth noting that EV battery technology is still evolving, so as tech develops we expect batteries’ lifespan to increase – as well as becoming cheaper, smaller and even lighter."
While electric vehicles are recognised as reducing carbon emissions, we still get lots of questions about the life of electric car batteries and whether they will end up in landfill, potentially knocking electric cars’ green credentials.
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Electric vehicles could soon boost renewable energy growth by serving as “energy storage on wheels” — charging their batteries from the power grid as they do now, as well as reversing the flow to send power back and provide support services to the grid, finds new study by researchers at the MIT...
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There are also electric cars with the range that is ten times more than the daily commute. So it can be great opportunities to charge the car than the supply of electricity is high and the price low.