WOW, that degradation increases at anything over 55% is not good news. Perhaps I have to drop down to 70% or maybe even 60%. I’m sure glad that I got a long range battery pack this time. And, yes I might want to charge to 100% about 4 times per year.
Bobby Keeland Arnaudville, Louisiana On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM EV List Lackey via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On 31 Aug 2025 at 15:32, Bobby Keeland via EV wrote: > > > For my 2019 Tesla M3 I only charged to 100% two times over a six year > > period. all other charges were to a max of 80%. I traded my Tesla in on > a new > > 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5, and I plan to treat it mostly the same > > Similar to our scheme, though I'd prefer to hit 100% more often than > that. > I've read that a 100% charge gives the BMS a chance to balance the cells > and > calibrate the charge meter or "guessometer." > > Lately, we've been trying to stay in the 20-55% range. It was 20-70% for > a > while, but I've recently seen data showing that depreciation accelerates > quickly above 55%. > > We charge to 100% the night before we leave on a trip that we expect to > use > something close to 40%. > > I guess that using such a narrow SOC range would be more of a challenge > with > an EV that had limited range, but most of today's EVs have plenty. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Any time you see a group with the word liberty, freedom, or truth > in its name, you can be sure that it stands for the exact opposite. > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250831/76e4c832/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
