DustyRhodes
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My wife uses about 18% of the battery on her daily commute. Since LFP says to charge to 100% at least once a week, my routine is to take car to 100% on Sunday, so its ready to start the work week. I'm conflicted on the charging through the week. I read that lifetime charging cycles is 5,000 so I have been letting car draw down to about 40%, so no charging at all on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So more or less charging two to three times a week, instead of 7 times a week. My thought was to reduce the number of cycles that would degrade the battery. On the other hand the owners manual also says leaving car plugged in is also good. So which is better, leaving car plugged in 7 days a week (7 cycles), or doing my routine to reduce charging cycles? Hence my conflict. We have only had the Model 3 Standard LFP 4 months with around 5,500 miles, but would love to know the thoughts on which charging routine is better. No discernable battery degradation noted so far in TeslaFi reports over the four months. Have only supercharged a few times, when away from home. Majority of charging is 16 amp level 1 in the garage, but I charge around 150 kw per month from free level 2 chargers. . . . .which reminds me of a second question - which is better on battery, 16 amp level 1 doing 2 KW an hour or level 2 doing 6 KW an hour?