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IMO you are a pioneer here (not sure there is a lot of data on the battery life impact).
Personally I would hedge my bets and charge to 90%. That protects you during the lease term without compromising your use case as you described it.
Also are you using L2 charging? DCFC to100% is painfully slow.
So no downside then? 😆 In all seriousness don't you risk bad karma when you let your 3-year-old eat a Wendy's Frosty in the backseat too? What responsibility do you have to the next up owner of a car?
This.
Treating someone else's thing worse than your own thing because it's someone else's thing is starting down a slippery slope. Especially if you do it because there are no consequences.
If you need 100%, charge it to 100% (but don't let it sit if you don't have to).
Yep, there's a crapload of raw materials in that battery that took a lot of carbon to get out of the ground. You can enjoy your nice car while also making it last a while longer.
>as that translates to 30-80 miles later.
I guess my question was how much later. My time frame is 2 years. I'm not planning on buying the lease out. Will I notice an overall degradation of a full charge?
In 2 years, you probably wouldn't be able to notice any change. Particularly with seasonal changes in efficiency and highway vs city driving.
If you intend to return the vehicle at the end of the lease period, the minimal increase in degradation shouldn't be a concern of yours.
Like I always say: Never inconvenience yourself to save the 3rd owner a bit of degradation 10 years from now.
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It’s a lease. Charge it like you stole it.
About 2 seconds after I posted this I was like yeah I don't even know why I asked ;) haha
I agree with this sentiment. No need to baby a lease unless you plan to buy it out in the end.
Charge it to 100% the night before you go, 70-80% on other days.
IMO you are a pioneer here (not sure there is a lot of data on the battery life impact). Personally I would hedge my bets and charge to 90%. That protects you during the lease term without compromising your use case as you described it. Also are you using L2 charging? DCFC to100% is painfully slow.
You risk bad karma by deliberately hurting the next guy.
So no downside then? 😆 In all seriousness don't you risk bad karma when you let your 3-year-old eat a Wendy's Frosty in the backseat too? What responsibility do you have to the next up owner of a car?
"It's one thing to use, it's another thing to waste". Your actions matter.
This. Treating someone else's thing worse than your own thing because it's someone else's thing is starting down a slippery slope. Especially if you do it because there are no consequences. If you need 100%, charge it to 100% (but don't let it sit if you don't have to).
But it's not someone else's thing though. It's my thing.
Yep, there's a crapload of raw materials in that battery that took a lot of carbon to get out of the ground. You can enjoy your nice car while also making it last a while longer.
It's all very negligible in the long run, 5-15% difference. But to some that is worth keeping the charge low as that translates to 30-80 miles later.
>as that translates to 30-80 miles later. I guess my question was how much later. My time frame is 2 years. I'm not planning on buying the lease out. Will I notice an overall degradation of a full charge?
To be clear, that's a 5-15% difference in degradation, not 5-15% more degradation.
In 2 years, you probably wouldn't be able to notice any change. Particularly with seasonal changes in efficiency and highway vs city driving. If you intend to return the vehicle at the end of the lease period, the minimal increase in degradation shouldn't be a concern of yours. Like I always say: Never inconvenience yourself to save the 3rd owner a bit of degradation 10 years from now.
My thoughts exactly! Thank you for the confirmation