Tesla Motors Club
I have a question about the best strategy for home charging to prolong the battery life. Let me start with some presumptions to simplify the scenario:
- for daily driving a max. of 80% charge
- for daily driving a min. of 20% charge
- presume I drive 20% of 100% charge everyday
Therefore I can drive for 3 days to deplete the battery from 80% to 20%
Is it better for battery health to charge everyday from 60% to 80%
or
Is it better for battery health to charge every third day from 20% to 80%
or
Does it matter?
My preferred strategy is to plug in at the end of every day, just to get into the habit (as I do now with my Prius Plug-In). I know that if I try to time it every third day, I will forget sometimes and wake up to a battery in need of a charge.
- for daily driving a max. of 80% charge
- for daily driving a min. of 20% charge
- presume I drive 20% of 100% charge everyday
Therefore I can drive for 3 days to deplete the battery from 80% to 20%
Is it better for battery health to charge everyday from 60% to 80%
or
Is it better for battery health to charge every third day from 20% to 80%
or
Does it matter?
My preferred strategy is to plug in at the end of every day, just to get into the habit (as I do now with my Prius Plug-In). I know that if I try to time it every third day, I will forget sometimes and wake up to a battery in need of a charge.