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Originally Posted by AshenGrey
I would think that an EV Civic could have a perfectly long battery life IF it's controller treated 20% as "empty" and 80% as "full", like the hybrid controller does.
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Yes but the Civics battery only offers about 20% of the car's power, and that is just part time. It would have to be many times larger to be practical.... I'm talking zero trunk space and $10,000 replacement costs. If the controller doesn't allow the battery to be emptied as in current hybrids, you are paying for much more capacity than you will use.