Staying between 70/30

[Dark-Fx]

Best for the health might mean a saving the truck from a few percentage reduction over the course of several years. If you need the range, don't worry about charging higher or running lower.

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[Jayhawkeye]

Thanks all for the tremendous input. This is what makes this place so great! Cheers!

 

[Dirtman16]

As others have basically said, the difference between charging to 70 vs 85 or discharging to 30 vs 20 is pretty negligible. Getting up above 90-95% or below 10% and leaving it there for extended periods is what causes problems.

 

[Sgt Beavis]

I’ve never kept a vehicle longer than 4 years so I just do what I want with my truck.

 

[ironpig]

About 5-6 years usually. I think the issue is me lol. New to EV and just need to find an operating rhythm. Given it’s a daily driver it will be in the garage nightly for a charge.

For some comparison I had a model S before my Rivian. Bought it in 2014 and sold it last year. Over the course of those 8 years I plugged it in most nights and it charged to 80% (85?- can't remember). That's what Tesla recommended at the time. I never let it get below 15% that I can remember. I did also charge it to 100% several times a year for road trips, etc.

Over that 8 years the battery lost about 3-5% theorthetical capacity compared to when brand new. Although it's worth mentioning that there were some software updates that would change the way range was calculated over the years, but the main takeaway is that these batteries are pretty robust and I'm not worried about my Rivian range reducing significantly over 10 years.

Like others have said, you don't want to charge it to 100% every night and you don't want to let it get to the single digits a lot. But don't worry about trying to stay perfectly in the middle either. Just set it to charge to 70 -85% every night and then set it higher when you think you might need more range for a road trip etc.

 

[HeyEllwood]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. There are Tesla owners and other EV owners who have hundreds of thousands of miles on it and have only seen a small percentage of dropped "full charge" range. Obviously if you abuse anything in life it'll wear and tear more than when you take care of it. But still, I wouldn't worry about a brand new vehicle and battery for a long, long time.

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