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What are your EV charging habits? (beehaw.org)

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I mostly charge up at home (240V receptacle and L2 EVSE), and I limited my charge to stop at 80%. I've heard competing ideas about if that's really necessary, but I usually drive <50mi each day, so I figured I don't need to full range anyway. When we're planning to take a trip or something with the car, I will charge fully the night before.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d love to hear what others do, too. I hope to drive my Mach-E into the ground so would love to preserve the life of my battery as best I can. I currently limit to 90% SoC but maybe I should reduce to 80%? I drive very little (less than 15 mile round trip for work), but drive much more on weekends. Should I even limit how often I charge to maybe once a week from home?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think the 20-90% range is ideal for stress on the battery cells. Everyone I’ve talked to suggest “ABC” (Always Be Charging). When I’m topped up to 80%, my car doesn’t charge, but it does draw some current from the wall for load balancing, temperature control, etc. But I don’t think that negatively impacts the batteries.