The increase in the number of electric cars is accompanied by some new problems for motorists: among them battery life important because it determines the life of the car, taking into account its price and the compelling value of its replacement.
With the advent of new battery technologies, their performance and service life have improved significantly. But some Tips for maintaining battery performance, and thus preserve the service life of your electric vehicle. This Tesla Model 3 owner gives us some tips on just that.
Tesla: Here’s how to optimize battery life
Andy Sly is a Tesla user as well as a YouTuber with a large social media following. This American owns several models of Elon Musk’s company: Model 3, as well as Model Y. He has driven almost 220,000 km on his electric sedan, and despite this mileage on the odometer, the battery still has 95% of its original charge. capacity.
Indeed, the Tesla Model 3 has a NEC battery (nickel-cobalt-aluminum), which provides a more delicate operation than more modern lithium-ion batteries such as LFP (lithium-iron-phosphate). Indeed, if subjected to constant charge and discharge cycles, NCA batteries undergo accelerated degradation. But using Andy Sly’s method to preserve battery life, you can extend its life.
Best practices for EV batteries
Even if he can access the large Tesla Supercharger network, the American YouTuber is actually supportive low charging powermost often at home with level 1 or 2 sockets. Therefore, by charging at a lower power, even if the charging time is longer, you can better save battery life.
Andy’s second tip: never exceed 80% battery capacity when recharging. This maximum threshold can also be adjusted in the vehicle settings. After reaching 80%, charging stops, and the battery life is preserved longer than when systematically charging up to 100%. With 80% autonomy, you can very well make most of your daily trips and thus extend the battery life of your electric vehicle.
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Source: Andy Sly
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