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The incentive to not charge above 80% is that it is harder on the battery, and those things are expensive. So that's a good incentive to charge in the sweet sp
by linsomniac 10y ago
The incentive to not charge above 80% is that it is harder on the battery, and those things are expensive. So that's a good incentive to charge in the sweet spot. Though my delivery guy said there was someone doing deliberate 100% charges trying to get his pack degraded to the point where Tesla would replace it, but he's been unable to get it to degrade the extra percent or two to 6%, so maybe it is harder than they make it out to be.
- maxsilver 10y agoTo eliminate this, in many cars "100% battery" isn't really 100%, so that users can't accidentally "mis-charge" in a way that deliberately degrades the pack. For example, a Chevy Volt has a 16.5kWh battery, but a "100% full" Volt charge only uses 10.4kWh of that.