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Have you seen the graph in the article? It's clear that the drop has nothing to do with "natural" degradation.
by KptMarchewa 5y ago
Have you seen the graph in the article? It's clear that the drop has nothing to do with "natural" degradation.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoTrue, but I would expect the charge level and charge rate to fluctuate as the OEM refines its software over the years. Throttling and limiting capacity in exchange for increase durability are inherent to the lithium battery charging process. It seems perfectly reasonable that as field data comes in the OEM would refine the tune. This is like the EV equivalent of a service bulletin that flashes a new ECU image that actuates some emissions doodad slightly differently to improve longevity or whatever but costs you a fraction of an MPG of a couple horsepower at part throttle. Yes the messaging to consumers was clearly insufficient but I don't see anything fundamentally wrong here and I'm generally no fan of Tesla.
- mavhc 5y agoBut that assumes the original graph was accurate for a start. Apple slowed down your phone because the battery probably couldn't provide enough power to keep it running at its original speed. But all they need to do is say: do you want us to slow down your device/restrict its battery someway, or run it over spec and it'll be worse in the long term? And let the user pick. But then they'd be 1000 articles about how batteries are terrible and so are the companies who use them, because terrible journalism