Thanks for your thoughts kezo – if I am understanding this correctly – does that mean the lower the battery and the slower the charge the longer it has to condition the battery and will that only last for that charge. Other questions occur – if I know I am going on a long run is it better to charge this way to maximise range – also if I were using fast chargers on a regular basis will that mean the battery will degrade faster. So is there a case for slow charging from close to empty every – say – 1000 miles to recondition battery – interesting stuff – thanks kezo
Lets say your battery is at 85% and you use the granny charger its not going to achieve much, where as if it was say at 25% its going to tricke charge the battery up to say 80% and condition the battery more. I would only be charging to 100% when your only going on a long run. So yes you are correct on that point. If I owned my own EV I would only charge it when the battery was around 25% and upto 80% for daily use. 100% would be left for long journeys. If I leased an EV it would probably be a different story.
Lets say the next time you need to charge you use your 7kw wall box in a sense your battery will still be conditioned because 7kw is not fast charging but your mileage will slowy degrade againsn’t trikkle charging from a granny charger all the time. You are correct fast charging will degrade the battery faster but not to an extent you will see in your 3yr lease. I’m not sure what the max charging rate on the Kona is but I’d only use that if I’m away for a couple of days or more.
Yes there is a case of of conditioning the battery as the battery itself will last longer and there is a 99% chance you will see better mileage. Given its a lease care you are only probably interested in the mileage side.
Part of my work when I was working was re/conditioning large UPS’s. Depending on the state of them they would have to be say jump started and then we would trikkle charge them at the lowest volts/Amps for several days (similar to how they would recondition a failing EV battery under warranty)
To simplify this using my vape mod. If I charge the 18650 battery using a usb cable direct to the vape, it will charge faster and last as a figure 4hrs. If I use my dedicated 1865 battery charger it will take alot longer to charge as it is conditioning the battery but also give me 6hr’s vaping. Obviously this is dependent on how often I vape it, similarly to how far you press the go fast pedal in a car.
I will check in later if you have any further questions 🙂