Razorbil
Well-known member
I have owned my 13 Leaf now for a week. I am working thru my daily driving needs vs. need to charge stuff. In one of my other threads DaveinOlyWA stated that:
What is everyone's opinion on this? I am finding that in my mountainous area, I routinely run down to the 10-20 mile reserve range before making it home (while starting at 100% charge). Is it harmful to the battery to continually charge to 100% instead of 80% if I am running the majority of that charge out daily?
DaveinOlyWA said:Razorbil;
so its like how often do you vary your schedule?
what is the longest regular trip you make?
what is the distance of longer regular trips you make?
if any of the latter 2 questions fall into the 40-60 mile range then I would LEAF it at 100%.
some people will tell you 80% but I highly doubt that charging to 100% then buzzing off at least half is worse than charging to 80% and buzzing off 75%.
What is everyone's opinion on this? I am finding that in my mountainous area, I routinely run down to the 10-20 mile reserve range before making it home (while starting at 100% charge). Is it harmful to the battery to continually charge to 100% instead of 80% if I am running the majority of that charge out daily?