Helium
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So true! I have even commented on here how I thought it might be worth while to buy a wrecked Lightning to break down for parts. I could easily set up a battery tender on a long range battery that would keep it alive and well for decades. Especially after watching the video above. Charge it to 60%, put a tiny load on it that draws it down to something like 35% over the course of a month or so while keeping its temps around 70F (a tiny a/c unit could do that). The only challenge would be having a spot to cleanly and neatly store the battery and spare parts.Great info.
What excites me most about EVs is that although most of the the focus is on how long the battery will last, the reality is that they'll not only last a very long time, but they're also easily swapped.
Even if your battery doesn't reach the 1.6 million mile goal, it's possible that at some point there may even be improvements to battery tech that can be swapped.
I'm sure by 2054 there will still be a market for classic cars and trucks and we'll see people restoring older EVs by swapping batteries for the latest tech, and at a much lower cost. Who knows, by then we'll see EVs running off solid state graphene or even salt water based batteries.
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