Dsinned
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I generally do extended charges about once every couple months, or every 8th charge. So, I only do extended charges less than 15% of the time. Furthermore, I usually only have to recharge once per week by sticking to a regime of only doing standard charges. I bought the car last November and so far have only driven it ~4200 miles, or roughly the equivalent of about 60 standard charges (conservatively assuming ~70 miles driven per charge). I actually get an average range per standard charge of ~100 miles, and I almost never recharge with much less than 30 miles range remaining on the GoM.
Given this information, and assuming ~125 miles range per charge on extended charges, I'm wondering if I only do extended charges, and I only recharge once every two weeks (not always, but mostly), would I be better off in terms of battery degradation? Ideally, which is the best alternative for the long term life of the battery?
What I am getting at here, is there is perhaps one traditional school of thought that says, cutting down on total number of recharge cycles over time, has the biggest advantage in extending battery life.
All comments and/or opinions welcome!
Given this information, and assuming ~125 miles range per charge on extended charges, I'm wondering if I only do extended charges, and I only recharge once every two weeks (not always, but mostly), would I be better off in terms of battery degradation? Ideally, which is the best alternative for the long term life of the battery?
What I am getting at here, is there is perhaps one traditional school of thought that says, cutting down on total number of recharge cycles over time, has the biggest advantage in extending battery life.
All comments and/or opinions welcome!