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What you eat isn't relevant to this discussion. Please charge your car at home. You have not stated that you cannot do that, so I assume you can (and any Tesla owner surely can afford to charge at home). So please do that, and leave the Superchargers for those who have no way to charge where they live (there are such people) and for those on long distance trips away from home. Thank you!HankLloydRight, you are correct that it isn't alot of money. If we DON'T charge every night at home and I go to the SC when I can refill by 40kW while having lunch, it saves about 7 bucks a trip...I think my electric is $.18/kWh. Small change compared to the price of the car, but eating a bagel sandwich from Dunkin, or a sub from Subway, isn't incrementally worse than a once a week Wendy's or McDonald's meal.
OK, you have my permission to use this SC in the way you describe. You seem to have the right ethics. [ and i just know you were expecting my permission - so vital for how you conduct your life]ecarfan,
AGAIN, "At mid-day on weekdays I think I wouldn't be depriving anyone of the SC (or depriving an ICE of the parking space)."
If I find otherwise, or that even 3 of the 4 spots are ever in use at that time of day, I would stop doing it! Generally, those SCs/parking spots are going to see the most use around rush hours and certain times on weekends/holidays.
Thanks for the replies. My situation isn't that common, perhaps. The Tesla is my wife's, but I work from home...and sometimes have, believe it or not, fast food for lunch...so the concept is that instead of driving my MB a few miles into town for fast food, I'd use the Tesla and once a week drive a few miles to the SC and have lunch while the car is charging up. So, not really an incremental time waster compared to my alternative. At mid-day on weekdays I think I wouldn't be depriving anyone of the SC (or depriving an ICE of the parking space).
I did no know this. I THOUGHT 10%-90% was a good range, [full exercise] and that the last 10% on either end was damaging. Now you say 60% to 70% is the optimum for "infinite " battery life? Should I EVER charge to 100% for balancing? Should I EVER drain down to near-zero to override memory?It's not bad the battery to use the SC, but it is bad for the battery to charge and discharge over a large range of it's capacity repeatedly. i.e. it will last a lot longer if say keep it at 70% and if you're only using 10% day, great, charge at home at night back up to 70 and you're battery will last forever going between 60 and 70%. It will degrade faster going from 90 to 20% over a week and then charging that 70% back up at the supercharger.
I did no know this. I THOUGHT 10%-90% was a good range, [full exercise] and that the last 10% on either end was damaging. Now you say 60% to 70% is the optimum for "infinite " battery life? Should I EVER charge to 100% for balancing? Should I EVER drain down to near-zero to override memory?
Thats good to know. What is your thought on a 100% charge for balancing? How often?Optimum would be keeping it at 60% all the time and never having it go up or down but if you drive it all you can't really do that.
The narrower your charge range, the better. The more you keep it from the top or bottom, the better. Going from 10% to 90% is WAY WAY bettter than going from 0 to 100 but it's still not as good as going from 40 to 60% over and over.
Basically just charge it daily and don't worry about it. Keep it plugged in when you're not driving it. Tesla's battery management system (BMS) is very good and maximizes battery life automatically.Thats good to know. What is your thought on a 100% charge for balancing? How often?
Is it a good thing to trigger the 93% once a month? Just refill nightly to 80% seems way to simple. There MUST be a hook somewhere!!!Basically just charge it daily and don't worry about it. Keep it plugged in when you're not driving it. Tesla's battery management system (BMS) is very good and maximizes battery life automatically.
Use 100% when you need the extra range. Charging to 100% isn't particularly bad if you don't leave it sit, so when you need the extra range, set the timer so that it finishes about the time you start driving. Otherwise, just charge anywhere in the daily range (most forum members charge between 80% and 90% (90% is full daily charge). A plugged in Tesla is a happy Tesla.
Note that if you charge only to a low amount, you'll see the range shown decrease. This has to do with both balancing and the algorithm used. The balancing circuits are triggered when the state of charge (SOC) reaches 93%. Balancing then continues for several days regardless of SOC.
Buy $100k car. Make yourself $5-$10 an hour sitting at a supercharger.... Makes, perfect, sense.
Syswei, remember that it costs 50 cents- $1.00/mile to drive the car from a depreciation standpoint. If you are thinking about how to save pennies, this must be accounted.