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Modern EV Batteries Rarely Fail: Study


Plug-in electric vehicle's lithium-ion batteries have become less prone to failures in recent years.

The most important component of plug-in electric vehicles is the main traction batteries (usually a type of lithium-ion chemistry). As we can see in the chart, starting in 2016, there was a step change in the battery replacements due to failures (excluding recalls). The biggest issue was the massive recalls of the Chevrolet Bolt EV/Bolt EUV and Hyundai Kona Electric a few years ago.

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