From Recurrent.

Why Do EV Batteries Last So Much Longer Than Phone Batteries? Here’s Why.

🚗 🔌 ⚠️ EV skeptics often worry about one big thing: battery life. After all, if your phone battery degrades after just a couple of years, how can you trust an electric vehicle to go the distance?

In this video, we break down the surprising truth behind why EV batteries last way longer than you’d expect—even though they use the same lithium-ion chemistry as your phone or laptop.

We’ll cover the three key reasons why EV batteries don’t degrade the same way:

🔋 1. Most battery aging data comes from the wrong place.
What we think we know about lithium-ion batteries mostly comes from lab tests or years of using phones and laptops—not from real-world electric vehicle data.

🔧 2. EVs are designed to protect their batteries—phones aren’t.
Unlike your laptop or phone, EVs are loaded with smart systems built to baby the battery.

🚗 3. Real-world EV driving is easier on batteries than lab tests.
Surprise: daily driving puts less stress on EV batteries than the non-stop charge-discharge cycling used in lab testing.

📊 What Recurrent Data Shows
Recurrent has tracked thousands of EVs and found that many older models still retain 80–90% of their original battery capacity — well beyond expectations.

So even though EV warranties typically last 8–10 years, many EV batteries are going strong way past that!

📚Want to go deeper? Check out Recurrent’s full research here 👉
🔗 Why EV Batteries Last So Much Longer Than Phone Batteries

✨ Key Takeaways from the Video:

👉 We’ve based too much of our battery fear on phones and lab tests—not real EV data.

👉 EVs are designed with high-tech systems to protect and preserve battery life.

👉 Normal, real-world driving is actually gentler on batteries than intense testing.

If you’ve been on the fence about going electric, let this reassure you: EV batteries are built to last. And the data is finally starting to prove it.

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