?Old EV cells safer? +

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https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-electric-vehicle-batteries-older-safer.html

Electric vehicle batteries: The older they get, the safer they are

May 3, 2021 ... mechanical and electrical changes ... of the constant charging and discharging of the battery ... have a higher stiffness under mechanical load ... makes them safer over time because they also lose electrical energy ... shows that cells with a strongly reduced capacity content have a weakened course of the so-called thermal runaway after an internal short circuit ... the reduced energy potential of aged batteries decreases the likelihood of accidental battery fires ...

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Old EV Batteries Are Holding Up

https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-the-batteries-in-your-old-evs-are-holding-up-1846782144

Here's How The Batteries In Your Old EVs Are Holding Up

2021-05-03 ...  never charged ... when the charge is above 80 percent and virtually never let it get below 20, so I think that’s probably easy on the batteries ... haven’t had any trouble with the cars. The only money we’ve put into them is tires.” ...

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