I work from home and usually do one large drive each weekend. I live in a condo with a shared charger so its inconvenient to charge after every drive because I have to move my car once the charge is complete, therefore I have not been charging every day like Tesla recommends.
My current charging strategy is to charge up before each long trip (leaving home tat 90 or 100%) and then supercharge on the way home such that I get home with around 50% charge. This way my car sits in the garage during the week close to 50% with a few small city trips and errands running it down to about 40% before I charge back up to either 90% or 100% before another long trip and repeat. Whenever I do the charge up to 90 or 100 I drive immediately so it’s not spending much time over 50%.
My thought is that if I keep the car between 40-50% when its (mostly) sitting at home during the week, and only charge it up immediately before my trip (lets say 40% to 90%) it maximizes the time my car spends around 50% (give or take) and minimizes the time it sits at higher levels of charge.
I was wondering today whether this strategy is ideal Maybe what I should do is charge immediately after returning home to 75% and keep charging back to 75% after each small trip. In this scenario I would limit the depth of any one charge cycle, but this would also mean spending more time >50%.
So I’m just curious if it’s better for the car to have smaller discharge cycles, or is it better for the battery to spend most of its time around 50%. I know that both deep cycles and time spent at higher states of charge can cause degradation but I’m curious which scenario is the best for long term battery health.
My current charging strategy is to charge up before each long trip (leaving home tat 90 or 100%) and then supercharge on the way home such that I get home with around 50% charge. This way my car sits in the garage during the week close to 50% with a few small city trips and errands running it down to about 40% before I charge back up to either 90% or 100% before another long trip and repeat. Whenever I do the charge up to 90 or 100 I drive immediately so it’s not spending much time over 50%.
My thought is that if I keep the car between 40-50% when its (mostly) sitting at home during the week, and only charge it up immediately before my trip (lets say 40% to 90%) it maximizes the time my car spends around 50% (give or take) and minimizes the time it sits at higher levels of charge.
I was wondering today whether this strategy is ideal Maybe what I should do is charge immediately after returning home to 75% and keep charging back to 75% after each small trip. In this scenario I would limit the depth of any one charge cycle, but this would also mean spending more time >50%.
So I’m just curious if it’s better for the car to have smaller discharge cycles, or is it better for the battery to spend most of its time around 50%. I know that both deep cycles and time spent at higher states of charge can cause degradation but I’m curious which scenario is the best for long term battery health.