M1tch
2021 M3P with EAP
I personally charge to 90% as I intend keeping the car for many years. A friend of mine has his on lease and therefore “doesn’t care” about the long term battery health so charges to 100% regularly.
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Generally want to charge to 100% if I can
Since you don't have LFP, you should train yourself out of doing this. First, that last 10% takes WAY longer to complete, so you are wasting a lot of time charging (and/or taking up public charging space even if you are not waiting in the car). Second, and more important, you will be impacting the lifetime of the battery (and possibly resale value of the car).I have to rely solely on public charging which is fine but I find it hard to stop charging at 80/90% and leaving it. Generally want to charge to 100% if I can, even if I don't need it. Maybe it's a bit ocd.
your OCD, that’s a different issue to discuss with your healthcare professionals.
Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever gone past 80% on a Supercharger. Wanted to murder the other drivers at Gordano the other week when they were all charging to 100% while other queued up.Big issue of charging to 100% at a public charge point is tying up that charge point for others to use due to slow charge speeds at high SOC%
I'm generally using a public charger that's empty overnight so it's not an inconvenience to others. I hate those supercharger hoggers. Other day I was at a super charger and two Model S next to me were there when I arrived on fully green charge and there when I left. I went from 15% to 85% in that time.Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever gone past 80% on a Supercharger. Wanted to murder the other drivers at Gordano the other week when they were all charging to 100% while other queued up.
If you plan on keeping the car for many years and want to have minimal battery degradation, you really shouldn't charge to 90%.I personally charge to 90% as I intend keeping the car for many years.
I charge to 90% at the weekend and use 80% commuting to work on a Sunday evening. I slow charge in the week to 90% and return home on a Friday evening. It’s that or ICE.If you plan on keeping the car for many years and want to have minimal battery degradation, you really shouldn't charge to 90%.
Kyle Conner charges an EV to 100%, drives it down to 0% and measures how much juice was used. Of course you need to do this at least twice to get degradition over the time between tests.What's the most reliable way to check your battery degradation?
I use the teslogic app.What's the most reliable way to check your battery degradation?
There's no top end buffer. 100% is a full 4.20V/cellIs 100% actually 100% given the buffer?
...and by "90% is fine", Tesla means that you're not expected to have > 30% degradation by the time the warranty expires. It does not mean that you'll anything close to minimal battery degradation doing that all the time.I think Elon said 90% was fine and I assumed this was more like 82% of the total pack capacity.
There is a buffer at the bottom end so when it says 0% there is actually some energy left. Kyle measures the buffer size in his video I linked to above.Is 100% actually 100% given the buffer?
Yep, brain not functioning after Turkey overdose!There's no top end buffer. 100% is a full 4.20V/cell
...and by "90% is fine", Tesla means that you're not expected to have > 30% degradation by the time the warranty expires. It does not mean that you'll anything close to minimal battery degradation doing that all the time.