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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM (arstechnica.com)
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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

EVs in the US generally come with an 8 year/100k mile battery warranty.

That being said, most of the failed batteries are with early gen Nissan Leafs.

Battery degradation is by and large a non-issue, and newer battery chemistries will easily allow 1 million miles with ~70% battery health.