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10 ways to get the best out of your electric car on a holiday road trip
Taking your electric car on a holiday road trip? Reduce your costs and carbon footprint, and make your trip safer with these 10 quick tips.
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- Charge your battery to a maximum of 80% to extend the lifetime of your battery.
- If you’re going on a long-distance trip, you can charge your battery to 100%, but remember to switch back to a max of 80% when you get home.
- The healthiest state of charge for your battery is between 30% and 80%.
- Supercharging utilizes high currents and temperatures that will strain your battery. There’s no big problem with supercharging multiple times per week, but try to do it only on an as-needed basis.
- Charging the last 20% of your EV’s battery could take almost as long as it did to get to the first 80%.
- If you drive a Tesla, it’s more efficient to use the car’s navigation even if you know where you’re going. That way your car can prepare itself for charging as you head to the Supercharger.
- Remove roof racks or rear racks when you’re not using them, as they create resistance and shorten your driving range.
- Try to decelerate as much as possible by using regenerative braking, as it will minimize your energy consumption.
- Using your EV’s eco mode will make your accelerations gentler, which saves battery life.
- Improperly inflated tires will increase energy consumption and drain your battery.
- Try choosing energy-efficient routes in your EV’s navigation system.
- Fast acceleration is pretty fun when driving an EV, but remember that it uses up battery power. (Confession: I am so guilty of this. It’s just too much fun to resist.)