My understanding is it’s not just the weight of the batteries, it’s more about the torque and how owners drive them that causes the most wear. My bet is self-driving technology will be optimized to reduce tire wear.
There’s also the issue of vampire current to deal with – I’ve heard of EV owners complaining that they lose up to 10% charge per day if the car is turned off but security systems and background processes are running.
It’s managing the temperature of the battery to extend its life. Nothing vampire about it.
I’m not an EV owner (and don’t have access to home charging) so unless something changes, losing that amount of range overnight would be kind of an issue for me.
what do you mean by "that amount of range"? and what temperature are you referring to?
I’ve heard of some vehicles losing between 2-20 miles of range per day when shut off and not connected to a charger.
I’ve only rented EVs, never owned one, so I only have experience using public chargers, which tend to really suck (unless it’s Tesla).
I think the temperature regulation that nostr:npub13syp5l9kqd8g5ptdl4mdf6c0tnwarpv8k5fld35pl0vfgrlgxqpqz2gns9 mentioned has to do with the software constantly monitoring battery health to extend its life, so that is a constant background process that has to be running on the vehicle when it’s shut off.
