Honda cancels plan for cheap electric vehicles, ending collaboration with GM
arstechnica.com
The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.

  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    EVs in the US generally come with an 8 year/100k mile battery warranty.

    That being said, most of the failed batteries are with early gen Nissan Leafs.

    Battery degradation is by and large a non-issue, and newer battery chemistries will easily allow 1 million miles with ~70% battery health.