(11 Jan 2023, 7:55 pm)deanmachine wrote A battery in a motor vehicle is not comparable to that of your smart phone, despite them being made of the same material. Automotive batteries used in high end vehicles that are correctly heated and cooled to maintain an optimum operating temperature barely degrade at all.

Older cars with systems like these such as the Tesla Model S and BMW i3 still have well over 90% of their original capability, the original Nissan Leaf, which doesn't have battery conditioning is more comparable to an old iPhone however. I'm not an expert in what is used in buses, but if it's like that of Tesla or BMW, they'll be fine for their usual service life.

Even after, their batteries will hopefully continue to be used as storage in people's homes/businesses, as there's usually plenty of life left in them even after their automotive life is finished.

Yeah that's fair enough it's not an area I know that much on if I had to be honest so was basing it on the Leaf and earlier EV's which were dreadful to put it simply. Be interesting to see if they perform the same on intensive work as I can't imagine many Tesla's will do the work the same level of work as a service bus, I'm sure they will though tbf with the odd dud.