Daily Charging Limit Percentage - what's yours set to?

[jwrezz]

90% most overnites in this colder weather. I learned quickly. During the summer and fall I was charging every 2-4 days. The battery conditioning is a nice feature and I understand that the truck needs to be plugged in to do it.

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[Firn]

I think that's meaningless. Some vehicles, like the Lightning, have battery capacity unavailable. So charging to 90% is really 82%. Once you start aggregating across vehicle brands it's crap data. It's also crap data swayed by the largest EV company, the crap company.

As I said, that IS accounting for the reserve capacity of the Lightning battery.

That isnt really "aggregate" data, thats likely from measured degredation curves from lab tests.

Those are always generalizations as real world usage will be much different. No matter what the lab, measured, or aggregate data shows, in the end the guy who lives in AZ, parks outside, charges when its hot is going to have a very different battery experiance than the guy who lives in a moderate climate, is garage, and charges in the middle of the night.

 

[RickLightning]

As I said, that IS accounting for the reserve capacity of the Lightning battery.

That isnt really "aggregate" data, thats likely from measured degredation curves from lab tests.

Those are always generalizations as real world usage will be much different. No matter what the lab, measured, or aggregate data shows, in the end the guy who lives in AZ, parks outside, charges when its hot is going to have a very different battery experiance than the guy who lives in a moderate climate, is garage, and charges in the middle of the night.

I don't believe that ChatGPT is working from actual Lightning data. Call me skeptical until it is proven.

 

[Pioneer74]

85% summer. 90% winter. 100% long trips.

90% all the time on our Mach-E because it's a lease.

 

[GDN]

What? I have to plug this thing in?

Only kidding - I charge to 6 7 % every day whether I need it or not.

Only kidding - I charge once a week - usually on 110 to 80%. It takes it a couple of days.

The truck is 40 months old. It has ~24,000 miles. 10K of those are in ~15 weekend trips to see family. So that leaves me 14,000 miles for the other 40 months of daily driving. Roughly 350 miles a month. Truly a truck I didn't need, but it is what it is.

My only goal is to have enough juice to reach a charging station in case of an emergency trip. When I got the truck that nearest DCFC was 45 miles away. Now with Tesla chargers I have 9 in 8 miles or less.

When I do plan a weekend family trip I time the charging to be a full 100% charge when I leave and when I get home I work it out to be down under 10%. Just giving the battery a little exercise once in a while since it doesn't get a lot of use otherwise.

Now - if only someone will answer 43% for @RickLightning - we'll have all the answers.

 

[Kakaratto]

85% daily

90% storm prep (in case I need PPO)

100% for long trips

 

[jwrezz]

I think we have to find data on level 2 charging vs DCFC. I'm sure that slowly charging to 100% at home is much better for the battery than charging to 80% super quickly.

 

[Lightningwaiter]

I know Ford recommends 90% daily charging, is that the level most people use or not?

90%

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