I always thought they took the buffer from both the high and low ends of SOC%. You don't want to totally deplete or charge a pack to get the longest life from it.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 10:43 PM Bobby Keeland via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > It is interesting. I never thought about whether Tesla took the software > limited part of the charge from the top or the bottom of the battery pack. > I'm sure glad that I normally charge to only 85% and rarely take the > battery pack below 30%. > BobK > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 11:58 AM Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > > On 7/22/20 12:21 PM, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: > > > On Wed Jul 22 08:33:19 PDT 2020 dov...@bellsouth.net said: > > >> At any rate Tesla doesn't let you use the whole battery anyway even at > > 100% charged it is not because they gave people temporary range increases > > during the Florida Hurricane. > > > Did they need to do more charging to get that extra range? or if their > > car was already fully charged, did it just have extra range? > > > The former means the reduced range is the bottom of the pack, the > latter > > means it's the top. > > > > I haven't used a car with a software limited battery but, as I > > understand, the battery is just not allowed to fully charge. One > > benefit, observed and reported by many, is that SuperCharging goes MUCH > > faster near the top. With a not limited battery, one rarely has the > > patience to fully charge at a SuperCharger because it tapers to just a > > few kw near the top. A second touted benefit of limited batteries is > > that they have longer life. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200722/3751925e/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200723/3cb56714/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
