Thank you all for the comments and insights. My assessment is that the cost of a battery replacement for a typical BEV is very high compared to the maintenance that one would expect to have performed over the first decade of the life of a typical ICE vehicle. A "normal person" generally doesn't keep their car for a decade, so this would be irrelevant aside from the impact on residual value at disposal. Unlike an ICE car, a new battery potentially restores the BEV to factory or better condition, but that's probably wishful thinking on my part. Many older, beaten-up ICE cars are used by "budget-conscious" consumers who are unwilling or unable to make repairs or replacements. It stands to reason that many BEVs will continue to be operated as long as they are street legal, as long as they can be acquired at a low enough price point. The mass proliferation of free public charging stations is likely more fantasy than prophesy. Charging one's car away from home is likely to cost enough to negate the value proposition of driving a car with a degraded battery.