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> it’s that manufacturers have zero incentive to solve it. Your car becoming worthless after a decade suits them down to the ground.

They've been aiming for the same or worse in regular cars for over a decade now.

That being said, there is an incentive for EVs: competition from China:

https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/19/byd-extends-battery-war...

Very much like when Japanese cars first got a foothold in the US.



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