Used EV Batteries Are Basically Immortal 95% Health After Years of Abuse, Sorry Doomsayers

New benchmark just body-slammed every “my EV battery will die in 3 years” horror story:

Data from 8,000+ real EVs shows: Most still sitting at 95%+ original capacity after years and serious mileage. Age? Mileage? Turns out they matter way less than TikTok told you.

Translation for the “battery degradation apocalypse” crowd: Your 2019 Model 3 with 80,000 miles isn’t secretly turning into a golf-cart brick. It’s out here quietly laughing at your gas-guzzler neighbor’s engine rebuild fund.

Outliers exist (shoutout to the guy who fast-charged in Death Valley every day), but the average used EV is like that one friend who’s still in perfect shape at 40 while everyone else is falling apart.

Meanwhile online forums from 2022: “My battery dropped to 88% after 50k miles! It’s dying!!” 2025 reality: “Bro… 88% is still better than my blood pressure reading.”

The used-EV market just got a massive glow-up: Reliable, cheap to run, and batteries that refuse to quit. Time to stop treating them like they’re made of glass and start treating them like the durable legends they are.

Who’s finally ready to buy that 3-year-old EV without crying over the battery health percentage? Drop a 🔋 if you’re no longer scared of the 8-year warranty.