What To Know About Used EV Batteries w/ Recurrent CEO Scott Case

About this episode

Mack and Tim interview Scott Case, CEO of Recurrent, about the booming used EV market and battery health.

Used electric cars are booming right now. Mack and Tim bring on Scott Case, cofounder and CEO of Recurrent, to discuss. Recurrent tracks battery health in used EVs, and Scott is one of the foremost experts on range retention and the secondhand EV market as a whole. The guys ask Scott what buyers should know about EV battery degradation, whether EV depreciation might become less of an issue, and what specific EV deals he has his eye on. In Plus/Minus, Mack and Tim discuss Google’s Gemini chatbot hitting millions of GM vehicles, and the launch of the sub-$30,000 Volkswagen ID. Polo The Facts Are In: You Shouldn't Worry About EV Battery Replacements https://insideevs.com/news/779210/ev-battery-replacements-data-tesla/ What EV Slowdown? Used Electric Car Sales Hit A Record High In March https://insideevs.com/news/793503/used-ev-market-us-march-sales-2026/ 2026 Is Going To Be An Amazing Year For Used EVs. Here Are The Deals I'm Watching https://insideevs.com/news/783100/2026-used-ev-deals/ Modern EVs Barely Lose Any Range, Even After Five Years: Report https://insideevs.com/news/793891/evs-barely-lose-range-after-five-years/ Volkswagen ID. Polo: This Is It…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mack, Tim

Guest: Scott Case

Topics covered

• used electric vehicles
• battery health
• EV market
• depreciation
• EV sales
• technology

Keywords

• used EV batteries
• battery degradation
• EV depreciation
• secondhand EV market
• electric car sales

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Recurrent, Google, Volkswagen

Products: Gemini chatbot, ID. Polo

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