LoneStar
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This forum community has lots of electric-vehicle savvy members, so forgive a "newbie" question here about full BEV best practice for recharging. My very limited insights come from appliance level Ni batteries that often discourage too frequent recharging, especially for limited discharged condition. Whether true or not, there's a perception that you should run rechargeable batteries further down (not completely out) before recharging them. Otherwise a kind of "memory" takes hold and you reduce the actual useful storage capacity.
Are vehicle batteries like Rivian will use susceptible to performance loss with frequent "topping off" of the charge level, especially if still high like over 75% ? I have access at work and home to near round-the-clock level 2 charging stations. My commute/driving pattern can be very short - say averaging 25 miles or less daily. So using my R1T daily - and plugging into a charger daily - is that harmful or cause degradation to battery storage capacity or life cycles? Is it better to just monitor the battery charge level and only connect say overnight every 3 or 4 days (however long) when battery charge drops to below 25% ?
This may have already been asked and answered here. I did search around this forum's technical section without finding it right away. And I do appreciate being educated by this community of advocates - even if sometimes with a bit of sarcasm.
Are vehicle batteries like Rivian will use susceptible to performance loss with frequent "topping off" of the charge level, especially if still high like over 75% ? I have access at work and home to near round-the-clock level 2 charging stations. My commute/driving pattern can be very short - say averaging 25 miles or less daily. So using my R1T daily - and plugging into a charger daily - is that harmful or cause degradation to battery storage capacity or life cycles? Is it better to just monitor the battery charge level and only connect say overnight every 3 or 4 days (however long) when battery charge drops to below 25% ?
This may have already been asked and answered here. I did search around this forum's technical section without finding it right away. And I do appreciate being educated by this community of advocates - even if sometimes with a bit of sarcasm.
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