Jul 24, 2026, 7:23 AMIn Poland, AFAIR, a car needs to drive 40-60k km/year to offset battery production.
My car is at 170k after 20 years ;p
My car is at 170k after 20 years ;p
- Jul 24, 2026, 7:23 AM
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Ben Rosengartfivetonsflax@tilde.zoneJul 24, 2026, 5:43 PM@michal I don’t understand why it would be a yearly amount. The battery is only produced once. Are they working backwards from a presumed max car lifetime or something like that?
- Jul 24, 2026, 6:11 PMBecause the car has a huge battery and making batteries is extremely destructive, I think.
- Ben Rosengartfivetonsflax@tilde.zoneJul 24, 2026, 6:24 PM
@michal I get that. What I’m asking is, the battery is produced only once, so why would the payoff distance be a _yearly_ number?
The only way I can make it make sense, is if they’re assuming a car will be off the road after X years, so they’re dividing the payoff distance by X and calling it a yearly amount.
It seems weird to me because car lifetimes are commonly measured in distance driven rather than years.
Is that clearer?
- Jul 24, 2026, 8:38 PMI think it's easier to think about? It's a unit I've seen before, and it seems widely used (https://carbone4.com/en/articles/analysis-faq-electric-vehicles)