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> since the battery charges slower as it approaches full charge This is for safety and the health of the battery. It is not widely advertised and many people d
by walrus01 6y ago
> since the battery charges slower as it approaches full charge
This is for safety and the health of the battery. It is not widely advertised and many people don't know that the fastest levels of charging (tesla supercharge and similar) actually damage the battery a very slight amount, and will reduce overall battery life span, cycle depth ability and health if used very often. It's healthier for your battery to charge at a medium speed overnight.
- toomuchtodo 6y agon=1, I’ve DC fast charged my Model S 100D a lot at Superchargers over roughly 40k miles of travel cross country, and I’ve only lost 14 miles of range since purchase. It’s true that, at least with the S and X, excessive Supercharging will cause the battery to throttle peak charge currents for the remainder of the battery’s life, the Model 3 and Y chemistry doesn’t seem to exhibit the same throttling.
- walrus01 6y agoanother factor will be whether you've set it to allow the car to often charge itself to 100% state of charge, or you commonly limit it to 80 or 85%. The length of time that a li ion battery is held at >90% state of charge voltage also has an impact on its life.
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