These EVs retain their battery best, largest-ever study finds

Electrek
By Fred LambertSep 3, 2026, 2:27 pm103 ptsTrending
The Mercedes EQA, Hyundai IONIQ 5, and BMW i4 hold onto their battery health better than any other electric car, according to the largest independent study of used-EV batteries ever run. That’s the ranking that falls out of 500,000-plus battery tests published by Austrian diagnostics firm AVILOO, which…

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