I’ve learned a lot from AAKEE and a number of other users - one whose username I don’t recall, please chime in, but he mentioned he uses the stop charge function to usually charge up to only 35% and leave a 5% buffer at the end of the day.
So I’ve learned about calendar aging and cycle aging, and that for the first few years calendar aging is more significant, and that it’s better to store at low charge and charge before leaving.
I would like to know — assuming I use 15% a day, would it be advisable to charge to say 35% (or less) to aim to store at a low percentage.
Second question - let’s say I’ve finished my primary daily drive of 15% and the car is being stored at 20%. Now I have 5% worth of extra errands to run. Should I cycle deeper into the battery for this so I’m ultimately storing lower at 15% at the end of the day? Or should i pre charge for those extra errands so that im not cycling as deep but still stopping charge around 20-35% for calendar aging purposes.
I typically use 5-7% a day, and longer days are typically 15% - sometimes 20%.
So, I theoretically could get by with only charging to 25% and just add more when needed. I have a 2023 mylr with 8k miles and luckily it’s been charged to 50% on 120v for most of its life before I learned of AAKEEs postings that shows that 50% is not ldeal for rest like I had thought, but in fact lower is exponentially better until… very low.
If I’m only living with the battery at max 50%, should I prioritize ending the day with minimal battery SoC for calendar aging purposes, and cycle deeper in the battery to do this? It would probably take me about a week to cycle from 50%-10% if I pressed stop charging each time I plugged in that week.
My current take aways have been - disregard cycle aging for the first couple years and prioritize operating and storing the battery at minimal SoC.
With this line of thought I’m tempted to stop charging after plugging in, and only charge to 30 (or 25)% before departure, and only recharge when I’m depleted to say 7%. This would disregard cycling health and prioritize having the battery stored at minimal SoC, say under 10%. Is this plan of mine advisable?
Thank you
So I’ve learned about calendar aging and cycle aging, and that for the first few years calendar aging is more significant, and that it’s better to store at low charge and charge before leaving.
I would like to know — assuming I use 15% a day, would it be advisable to charge to say 35% (or less) to aim to store at a low percentage.
Second question - let’s say I’ve finished my primary daily drive of 15% and the car is being stored at 20%. Now I have 5% worth of extra errands to run. Should I cycle deeper into the battery for this so I’m ultimately storing lower at 15% at the end of the day? Or should i pre charge for those extra errands so that im not cycling as deep but still stopping charge around 20-35% for calendar aging purposes.
I typically use 5-7% a day, and longer days are typically 15% - sometimes 20%.
So, I theoretically could get by with only charging to 25% and just add more when needed. I have a 2023 mylr with 8k miles and luckily it’s been charged to 50% on 120v for most of its life before I learned of AAKEEs postings that shows that 50% is not ldeal for rest like I had thought, but in fact lower is exponentially better until… very low.
If I’m only living with the battery at max 50%, should I prioritize ending the day with minimal battery SoC for calendar aging purposes, and cycle deeper in the battery to do this? It would probably take me about a week to cycle from 50%-10% if I pressed stop charging each time I plugged in that week.
My current take aways have been - disregard cycle aging for the first couple years and prioritize operating and storing the battery at minimal SoC.
With this line of thought I’m tempted to stop charging after plugging in, and only charge to 30 (or 25)% before departure, and only recharge when I’m depleted to say 7%. This would disregard cycling health and prioritize having the battery stored at minimal SoC, say under 10%. Is this plan of mine advisable?
Thank you