"EV batteries are defying expectations" — the good-news stat quietly compares new cars to old ones (wsj.com)
The WSJ piece argues high-mileage EV batteries are outlasting fears, citing a 2025 Recurrent study (1-in-12 for 2011–2016 cars vs 0.3% for 2022-on) and Geotab data that heavy fast-charging loses range twice as fast.
The thread's survivorship-bias catch is clean: of course a three-year-old car hasn't needed a replacement yet — and every article like this skips the calendar-age degradation that kills batteries regardless of miles.
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