I live in San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, It gets pretty hot most of the summer time. A few weeks back, temperature soar above 110F during day time and the lowest temperature at around 5am stayed above 82F for many days. I can imagine for the next few summer, it's likely going to get "hotter".
I heard with Lithium battery, high temperature can "permanently damage" the battery? Will the battery for Rav4EV sustain damage when the temperature in the garage gets high? How high is too high? I understand when operating or charging the vehicle, the "cooling system" cools the battery. But what about the time when vehicle just sit in the garage without being charged, would the cooling system still be on to protect the battery? Did I worry for nothing?
Also since there's no air condition in the garage, for those of you who also live in a "hot zone", do you do something to reduce the temperature of the garage to protect your Rav4EV? I thought about adding heavy curtain to block out sunlight in the garage window and also adding "air vents" at top of garage so hot air can flow up into attic, anyone think this is a bad idea? Other suggestions?
I heard with Lithium battery, high temperature can "permanently damage" the battery? Will the battery for Rav4EV sustain damage when the temperature in the garage gets high? How high is too high? I understand when operating or charging the vehicle, the "cooling system" cools the battery. But what about the time when vehicle just sit in the garage without being charged, would the cooling system still be on to protect the battery? Did I worry for nothing?
Also since there's no air condition in the garage, for those of you who also live in a "hot zone", do you do something to reduce the temperature of the garage to protect your Rav4EV? I thought about adding heavy curtain to block out sunlight in the garage window and also adding "air vents" at top of garage so hot air can flow up into attic, anyone think this is a bad idea? Other suggestions?