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Modern electric vehicles (EVs) will last quite a while on their stock battery pack, but eventually they’ll degrade and need to be replaced. The prospect of a replacement might make you hesitant about buying an EV, so what will a replacement actually run you, and how can you avoid needing one?
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Some EV batteries cost as little as $2,500 to replace, while others can be upwards of $20,000, according to an
analysis by Recurrent Auto. Even at the low end, that’s still about as much as replacing a
gasoline vehicle’s transmission. The good news is, we’ll probably see those costs decline in the next few years.
Electric car batteries are already cheaper to replace than they were when EVs first got popular. According to the Bloomberg report, the average cost of a new EV battery pack in 2010 was over $1,000/kwh. With advances in battery technology, we could see prices around $100/kWh by 2023, with further decreases as technology improves.