Hyundai just topped the world’s largest EV battery study — analysis of 500,000 tests sees it beat Tesla to the long-term battery health title
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Battery degradation is becoming a core buying criterion, not a spec-sheet footnote—500,000-test datasets like this will start to drive fleet TCO models and residual values. If you're in mobility or energy, assume customers will expect transparent, third-party battery health data as table stakes.
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