Businesses often have questions about electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Knowing more about EV batteries helps you get the best out of EVs.
Lithium-ion batteries are the most common type of battery for EVs. There are other types that are less common, such as nickel-metal hydride batteries, lead-acid batteries and ultracapacitors.
EV batteries can usually be replaced, but it’s complicated and often expensive to do.
However, EVs don’t usually need to have their batteries replaced as they can last for hundreds of thousands of miles.
Yes. For more information, watch our short video below.
Only using rapid charging when you need to, not fully charging the battery and not letting the battery get too low on charge are all ways to extend an EV battery’s life.
For more information, watch our short video on battery longevity.
The range of an EV depends on:
battery size (kWh)
the vehicle’s energy consumption (kWh/mile)
battery state of charge
temperature
road type
topology
vehicle and load weight
battery condition
use of climate control
tyre condition
Range anxiety is the term given to the fear of running out of electric charge while driving an EV.
Range anxiety is common, but it’s becoming less of a worry as EV charging infrastructure gets better.
However, there are steps you can take to overcome range anxiety:
Charge your EVs overnight so that you start each day with a full battery.
Charge your EVs whenever they have downtime so that they’re charging while drivers aren’t using them during the working day. This is known as top up charging.
Plan your journeys so you know how far you’ll have to travel and how much charge you’ll need.
Use chargepoint finder apps to map out where there are chargepoints along your route.
