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All NMC battery chemistry. Recalls are not the same as battery failures

I only see evidence for the Nissan Leaf (which I don't dispute) not for other EV manufacturers, or maybe I misunderstood your post, in which case, my apologies

The Nissan Leaf is probably the worst example of an EV to choose. The car was released in 2009, in terms of EV technology it's from the dark ages. It's battery chemistry over the years has been Lithium manganese oxide; Lithium nickel oxide and Nickel Manganese Cobalt but they never used the newer and more reliable Lithium Iron Phosphate chemistry used in BYDs. The car has never had active liquid battery cooling. Their batteries are literally air-cooled! The battery cooling was so bad that it led to the the phrase "Rapidgate" where frequent rapid charging caused the battery to overheat so badly that charging speeds were dramatically reduced. You provided no evidence to support this statement. I am an active participant in EV forums and groups and see no evidence of battery problems in modern EVs. I have however, seen evidence of Nissan Leaf brickings and would frankly would never recommend buying one no matter how cheap it was.

EV owners get a lot of hate from ignorant fossils who definitely don't have 717,000km of driving left in them. "have you thought about the resale value say in 5 years time and you want to upgrade and the battery is at half it's life.?" No I haven't thought that because that's just plain dumb

EV haters think that EV batteries are the same as the one in their iPhone. BYD taxi EV E6 717 000km, first battery 20% degradation - Video is in Chinese with English subs

Fossil thinking

It's guaranteed to be worth at least 4.5 Tesla Powerwalls - try running your house using a Camry!

They are worth the same as a new one - it's incredible

"give it away" are you a completely mad? After 8 years the 85kWh gross battery will be warranteed have at least 60kWh or 4.5 Tesla Powerwalls of energy storage, but based on the fact that after nearly 2 years of ownership it's not showing any loss of range, it will probably have much more capacity than that.

The car comes with 8 years warranty on the car and battery which is guaranteed to have at least 70% capacity. It also comes with 8 years of free servicing and breakdown cover. The car has a massive 85kWh gross battery which I use to power my house and it means I don't need PEA. I plan to keep the car for at least 8 years.

You clearly don't know the difference between Alternating Current and High-voltage Direct Current. DC fast charging requires a "handshake" process where a DC EV charger and and the EV communicate to establish a secure and reliable charging connection. This involves a series of checks and data exchanges to ensure the charger and vehicle are compatible and ready to begin charging. If as you claim Thai's have messed with the DC charger to steal some electricity to use at home! it won't damage the EV as the charging handshake process will not be successful and no "dirty electricity" will be able to damage the EV As for AC charging. AC power is sent into the car where the car uses an onboard AC to DC inverter, more properly called a rectifier to create clean DC power to charge the traction battery. So no matter how dirty the grid power is the car is not damaged. and you call me a fool!

I spent a few seconds with a search engine before disproving your uneducated post. Morning Midas the cause of the fire remains unknown at this stage, but the vessel’s cargo comprises 3,048 vehicles, including 70 electric cars and 681 hybrid-electric cars. https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153768/Race-is-on-to-save-Zodiac-Maritime-vehicle-carrier-as-big-ro-ro-ship-infernos-mount-up Most EVs (All BYDs the top seller of EVs in Thailand, std range Teslas and many other EV manufactures) use Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) which doesn't suffer from thermal runaway. Older EVs tend to use Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) LiFePO4 Drill Test by battery expert Will Prowse: https://thedriven.io/2023/05/16/petrol-and-diesel-cars-20-times-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-evs/ https://theconversation.com/electric-vehicle-fires-are-very-rare-the-risk-for-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles-is-at-least-20-times-higher-213468 https://electrek.co/2022/01/12/government-data-shows-gasoline-vehicles-are-significantly-more-prone-to-fires-than-evs/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/20/do-electric-cars-pose-a-greater-fire-risk-than-petrol-or-diesel-vehicles https://www.motortrend.com/features/you-are-wrong-about-ev-fires/

Some dimwits think EV batterys only last a couple of years.

Actually most people don't keep a spare inverter and probably couldn't swap it for a broken one without help. I consider the spare inverter part of the cost of my solar system. I also keep a spare water pump and have quick release fittings on all my pumps. Again another dumb idea apparently.

When you use ROI, I assume you actually mean payback period. Once solar power is curtailed (in other words can't be used to power the house, charge home batteries or feedback to the grid for financial return) it is lost. If it can be used to charge an EV it dramatically reduces the payback period of a solar system.