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A Million-Mile Battery From China Could Power Your Electric Car - Bloomberg

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Not sure if this thread is appropriate here; mods delete or move as necessary. Random EV musings...

Now that Toyota has released pricing and specs on its upcoming Rav4 Prime, considering a fully loaded Rav4 Prime is ~$47k in the US, with initial fed tax credits of ~$7500 bringing the price down to ~$40k, I find myself cross shopping a Tesla (which has no more fed tax credits remaining) to replace my gas guzzling Lexus LX570.

A new standard range RWD Model 3 is $38k. Long range AWD Model 3 is $47k.

And looking at Tesla website for used Teslas in Northern Cal: a used 2015 Model S at ~40k miles with AWD is ~$40k. A used 2016 Model X is ~$53k. A new LR Model Y is $53k.

Which is the more compelling long term buy? Toyota is more reliable, but only ~43 miles on electricity and still has the moving parts/maintenance of an ICE to deal with. Tesla's have 250-320 range and a super charger network, but has random build issues, and long road trips require planning around charging...

Relates to hybrid batteries which have code B1 to B4 and MB1 to MB4 was allegedly by most of the car garage in Cambodia that it was not made in Japan and work not smoothly. And my car changed cells with much of those battery, will it cause any damage to my car. Please help advise me. thanks