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Battery resale: what the evidence base looks like

10 publications, 0 of them trials and 0 syntheses. This page describes the shape of that literature rather than summarising its conclusions.

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What the evidence on battery resale is made of Of 10 publications on this topic, the breakdown by study type: 10 other. 10other (10)
10 publications, by study type. Volume is not strength — the same count can be a settled question or a pile of commentary, and which one it is depends almost entirely on this breakdown. Harvested from PubMed and Crossref; publication type as recorded by the source.

What this literature is made of

A reasonable volume of literature, but weighted towards reviews and observational work rather than trials. That is enough to describe a phenomenon and rarely enough to establish that an intervention works.

The distinction that matters most is between synthesis and primary research. A meta-analysis pools trials and is the closest thing to a settled answer a field produces. A narrative review is one group's reading of the same material and can be selective without being dishonest. Counting them together, which most citation counts do, obscures exactly the thing you want to know.

When the battery resale literature was published Publication years for the 10 papers on this topic, grouped into bands from before 2015 through to 2023 onwards. 2023 onwards6 papers2020-20223 papersBefore 20151 papers
Still active. The most recent paper here is from 2026, so this is a field where an answer written today may not hold for long. Publication years as recorded by PubMed and Crossref.

How this page is built

Everything above is computed from the citations this site harvested from PubMed and Crossref, not written by hand. When the weekly harvest finds a new paper on this topic, these counts change and the characterisation changes with them. That is the point: a hand-written claim about how strong an evidence base is starts decaying the day it is written.

Publication type is taken as the source records it. That is imperfect — journals label inconsistently, and a paper indexed as a "review" may be a systematic one — so treat the bands as approximate. They are accurate enough to distinguish a trial literature from a commentary literature, which is the distinction that matters.

The strongest work on this topic

Ordered by study design first, then recency. The full set is listed in the references below.

  1. A Review of Battery State of Health Estimation Methods: Hybrid Electric Vehicle Challenges — Noura N, Boulon L, Jemeï S, 2020, journal article
  2. Fair Market Value of Used Capacity Assets: Forecasts for Repurposed Electric Vehicle Batteries — Bach A, Onori S, Reichelstein S et al., 2026, journal article
  3. Revisiting Electric Mobility: How Individual Perceived Value Shapes Battery Electric Vehicle Adoption—Insights into Technophilia, Range Anxiety, and Battery Cost in China — Jia H, Zhao H, Uchiyama Y, 2026, journal article
  4. Modeling the Used Vehicle Market Share in the Electric Vehicle Transition — Diouf B, 2025, journal article
  5. Optimization of Electric Vehicle Charging and Discharging Strategies Considering Battery Health State: A Safe Reinforcement Learning Approach — Gu S, Qian K, Yang Y, 2025, journal article
  6. Battery-powered bargains? Assessing electric vehicle resale value in the United States — Roberson L, Pantha S, Helveston J, 2024, journal article
  7. A Systematic Literature Review of State of Health and State of Charge Estimation Methods for Batteries Used in Electric Vehicle Applications — Swarnkar R, Ramachandran H, Ali S et al., 2023, journal article
  8. Predicting Purchase Intention towards Battery Electric Vehicles: A Case of Indonesian Market — Febransyah A, 2021, journal article
  9. Battery Electric Vehicle Fast Charging–Evidence from the Norwegian Market — Figenbaum E, 2020, journal article
  10. Study on State of Health Estimation Algorithm for Lithium Power Battery Used on Pure Electric Vehicle — Liu H, Xu W, Guo C, 2012, journal article
How much research is there on battery resale?
10 publications are indexed here, of which 0 are trials and 0 are syntheses.
Does more research mean a stronger conclusion?
No. Composition matters more than volume — five randomised trials support a claim far better than fifty commentaries, and citation counts do not distinguish between them.
How current is this?
The most recent paper indexed here is from 2026. The set is refreshed weekly from PubMed and Crossref.
Why does this page not tell me the answer?
Because summarising a literature into a conclusion requires reading it, and doing that automatically is how confident nonsense gets published. This page tells you how much weight a conclusion could bear; the articles on this site do the interpreting.

References

Every citation below links to the original peer-reviewed record on PubMed or via DOI. Nothing here is a substitute for medical advice.

  1. A Review of Battery State of Health Estimation Methods: Hybrid Electric Vehicle Challenges Noura N, Boulon L, Jemeï S · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2020 · Journal article DOI
  2. Fair Market Value of Used Capacity Assets: Forecasts for Repurposed Electric Vehicle Batteries Bach A, Onori S, Reichelstein S, et al. · The Accounting Review · 2026 · Journal article DOI
  3. Revisiting Electric Mobility: How Individual Perceived Value Shapes Battery Electric Vehicle Adoption—Insights into Technophilia, Range Anxiety, and Battery Cost in China Jia H, Zhao H, Uchiyama Y · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2026 · Journal article DOI
  4. Modeling the Used Vehicle Market Share in the Electric Vehicle Transition Diouf B · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2025 · Journal article DOI
  5. Optimization of Electric Vehicle Charging and Discharging Strategies Considering Battery Health State: A Safe Reinforcement Learning Approach Gu S, Qian K, Yang Y · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2025 · Journal article DOI
  6. Battery-powered bargains? Assessing electric vehicle resale value in the United States Roberson L, Pantha S, Helveston J · Environmental Research Letters · 2024 · Journal article DOI
  7. A Systematic Literature Review of State of Health and State of Charge Estimation Methods for Batteries Used in Electric Vehicle Applications Swarnkar R, Ramachandran H, Ali S, et al. · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2023 · Journal article DOI
  8. Predicting Purchase Intention towards Battery Electric Vehicles: A Case of Indonesian Market Febransyah A · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2021 · Journal article DOI
  9. Battery Electric Vehicle Fast Charging–Evidence from the Norwegian Market Figenbaum E · World Electric Vehicle Journal · 2020 · Journal article DOI
  10. Study on State of Health Estimation Algorithm for Lithium Power Battery Used on Pure Electric Vehicle Liu H, Xu W, Guo C · Advanced Materials Research · 2012 · Journal article DOI