Modern EV Batteries Rarely Fail: Study

26 Apr 2024 | Abstracted from InsideEVs

"According to the data, the worst model year was 2011 with a 7.5% failure rate...In the next few years, it was 1.6-4.4%.

"...starting in 2016, there was a step change in the battery replacements due to failures, excluding recalls. It was as high as 0.5% starting in 2016, but in most cases, it was from 0.1% to 0.3%. That's an order of magnitude improvement."

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