My route to work is 25 miles one way.....20 miles are on the expressway with speed limits of 65 mph and the remaining 5 miles are stop-and-go city streets.
I borrowed a Dealer-Demo and drove in to work (Temp 65 degrees so no A/C or Heat) and decided to drive with traffic....speeds were between 65-70. Upon arriving at work, I noticed that I had consumed 40 miles equivalent of power to go the 25 miles. My return trip home resulted in the same power consumption. I thought I'd ask the question of whether the expressway speeds using this much power daily during the work week will be detrimental in the long term life of the battery? I know that battery discharge rate is one of the factors that can impact the life of the battery but I didn't know if this power consumption was excessive and would degrade the battery over time.
I borrowed a Dealer-Demo and drove in to work (Temp 65 degrees so no A/C or Heat) and decided to drive with traffic....speeds were between 65-70. Upon arriving at work, I noticed that I had consumed 40 miles equivalent of power to go the 25 miles. My return trip home resulted in the same power consumption. I thought I'd ask the question of whether the expressway speeds using this much power daily during the work week will be detrimental in the long term life of the battery? I know that battery discharge rate is one of the factors that can impact the life of the battery but I didn't know if this power consumption was excessive and would degrade the battery over time.
Not unless you drive 97 all the time. Don't worry about it at all.