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Not really true, there's many variables including how 'full' you charge the battery, how much you discharge it, what the charge and run temps are, it's not a si
by warble 12y ago
Not really true, there's many variables including how 'full' you charge the battery, how much you discharge it, what the charge and run temps are, it's not a simple equation.
For example, if you don't charge and discharge the battery fully, you can get many many times more cycles out of them.
Charging quickly does release more heat, which can reduce the lifecycle of the battery, but there are workarounds to minimize this.
I am not an expert at battery chemistries, but I work with EV charging systems quite a bit.
- fancyketchup 12y ago> Charging quickly does release more heat, which can reduce the lifecycle of the battery, but there are workarounds to minimize this. I suspect that's why the GP was warned not to quick-charge his/her Leaf too often: The Leaf battery does not have an active cooling system.
- dangrossman 12y agoWhat part is "not really true"? Despite only writing three sentences, I touched on every factor you just mentioned. The Tesla charger and battery system keep the battery within the safe charge and temperature ranges at all times, even when supercharging. It has active heating and cooling, even when the car is turned off, and will neither fully discharge nor fully charge the battery pack even if left unattended. There's nothing inherently damaging about temporarily charging faster AFAIK as long as you control for all those variables, which Tesla's tech does.
- greeneggs 12y agoIt must damage the battery somehow. If it didn't, Tesla would have said so in the FAQ, instead of trying to sidestep the question.
- warble 12y agoTruth is, the type of use these batteries get isn't well understood yet. No one really knows the long term effects, we can make educated guesses but until a lot of them are in the field with average use cases for years, we won't see much of the nuance.
- warble 12y agoSorry, I was referring specifically to your statement: "the only thing that counts down the lifetime of the battery cells are actual charge cycles"
- mikeash 12y agoThat was immediately preceded with the qualifier, "So long as it's kept within certain charge and temperature ranges...."
- warble 12y agoWhich are two of the very many variables. His point that a certain number of cycles is consistent is not correct, it's affected by drive and charge style, and a lot of variable inherent in the design of the system.