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How many electric cars have ever had to replace their batteries?

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Every time electric cars are talked about, those on social media begin to appear who  claim that after certain kilometers you have to change the battery  and that, as we all know, they are really expensive. Is this the reality of electric cars, or is it a myth? There is already  a study  that has analyzed the issue, and it concludes that  we should not worry about electric cars manufactured after 2015.  The study is from Recurrent Auto, and for this, they have analyzed more than   20,000 electric vehicles . This extensive study has found that  on average only 2.5% of electric cars  have had their batteries replaced. That is to say, although on social networks some insist on saying that it is almost certain that we will have to change it for a new one, in reality,   it is very rare  for the battery of an electric vehicle to present  some type of fault  that forces us to  replace it with another one.  The most relevant thing, on the other hand, is that the study shows that  it is someth

Toyota and Subaru will launch three electric cars

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Toyota and Subaru  have already joined forces to  develop the bZ4X and the Solterra . Which, by the way, neither of the two has turned out particularly well, nor has it had a notable performance on a commercial level.   Subaru knows that there is a   ‘huge risk’  in dedicating itself to manufacturing electric cars independently, and they have pointed it out that way. For this reason, they have once again decided  to ally  the development of  three more new electric cars . At the moment, Toyota has not launched a single electric car alone and has even turned to the giant BYD to use its components. Atsushi Osaki , CEO of Subaru, pointed out this Monday that   ‘there is an enormous risk for us if we go alone in this field.’   The Japanese brand has managed, in the last fiscal year,   to increase its operating profits by 75% . But they know that  ‘at the moment it is difficult to predict how things will go with electric cars . To date, they have only released the   Subaru Sulterra , and g