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Here's my traditional new vehicle intro photo, at Lancaster County Park's covered bridge. It's so good to be back in a vehicle that can get out of its own way (but I will defend my former Jeepiat always otherwise). At the walking trail parking lot this morning -

No, that is not the headline. "EV Batteries Can Easily Outlast A Typical Gas Car’s Lifespan: Study" What you said and what the article is about are two different things. A car's lifespan is almost always down to getting wrecked and totaled. "Over this generous timespan, EV batteries suffer from about 1.8% degradation per year. This means that you’ll lose 1.8% of the original range every year–not ideal, but certainly not a dealbreaker. After 20 years, if nothing goes catastrophically wrong, you can still enjoy 64% of an EV’s original range. The data comes from analyzing over 10,000 EVs." Oh wow, 64% battery capacity after 20 years? That makes most any EV pretty much done by 20 years. Nobody is buying an EV9 with 150 miles of range, and decreasing by the year. A 20 year old ICE vehicle still is making 90% of its total output and range.

Further proof that EVs last longer than ICE. EV Batteries Can Easily Outlast A Typical Gas Car’s Lifespan: Study