Well clearly you need to do whatever Tesla recommends. I’d like to read a technical paper on why they recommend only charging to 85%. The primary reason I can think of is convenience as you never get into the charging current ramp down region. But the onboard chargers are really sophisticated and should manage the battery automatically. Which of course is exactly what you said you do so makes sense.
Thank you. I’d never considered the regenerative braking scheme factored into the charging so that makes sense. The over charging concern is very real. Li-ion batteries don’t like it and it’s a needless risk regardless of the capacity degradation he brings up. Honestly I’d always assumed 100% reported to the consumer was like 95% on the theoretical charge level for the battery for safety margin.
he just ignores your posts like we all do.Well this was an opportune time for this article to come across my feed
Ford's CEO admits to a 'reality check' during F-150 Lightning Route 66 road trip
The CEO also ignored the cost of using public chargers especially the DCFC ones which make charging more ICE like. But admittedly he isn’t paying those costs anyway so he may not have even noticed since I’m sure they went on his Corp card that his admin pays.
@kiddiedoc yet another example of how much Tesla has gotten right. Ford admits they need to partner with Tesla in order to gain access to their public charging network.
ETA: So here is a close apples to apples comparison. My F250 has a 35 gal tank and on Highway mileage I can get around 14 mph. So that’s a 490 mile range. Ford advertises a 320 mile range on the 130 kWh battery. Out traveling if the CEO uses a DCFC which charges between $0.4 to $0.6, call it $0.5, that is $65 bucks for a 300 mile range. To equate it to my 490 mile range that’s $99.5. I paid around $3.35 around here for my last fill up and yeah I know that’s volatile. But using my last datapoint that’s $117.25. So we’ve got a $18 difference on a similar vehicle type on a road trip and I don’t need to sweat or plan around finding the next charging station. I cringe on thinking what DCFC charging the GMC hummer or new Escalade would be but admittedly if you pay that money you likely don’t care. But that is closer to apples to apples since my F250 weighs around 6800lbs. And compare the F150 to a 3.5L twin turbo variant for a true apples to apples and the BEV Lightning gets obliterated in that comparison. And to be fair I can’t refill my tank cheaper at home in my garage. Like I’ve said all along… it’s a lifestyle choice.
Final edit. KD I bet you’ll go blind trying to read this thru all my edits
Well it sounds like the positives you’ve been regurgitating while ignoring all the negatives where as I’ve been clear that I’m providing both.
Looks like I got under your skin on the rose colored glasses comment because the other post of mine you put up made no sense whatsoever. Go Google replacement battery cost. The numbers are real. Did you notice the source of the link? JD Power? So they are a dishonest BEV antagonist?And did you even read the last paragraph in that post? Run along and pull your jimmies out of your asscrack.
It sure is! If it’s real. But why do I see this on Hyundai’s website Ronald? And why is it just what the Feds mandate?
Well it sounds like the positives you’ve been regurgitating while ignoring all the negatives where as I’ve been clear that I’m providing both.
Looks like I got under your skin on the rose colored glasses comment because the other post of mine you put up made no sense whatsoever. Go Google replacement battery cost. The numbers are real. Did you notice the source of the link? JD Power? So they are a dishonest BEV antagonist?
Well it sounds like the positives you’ve been regurgitating while ignoring all the negatives where as I’ve been clear that I’m providing both.
Looks like I got under your skin on the rose colored glasses comment because the other post of mine you put up made no sense whatsoever. Go Google replacement battery cost. The numbers are real. Did you notice the source of the link? JD Power? So they are a dishonest BEV antagonist?
Well it sounds like the positives you’ve been regurgitating while ignoring all the negatives where as I’ve been clear that I’m providing both.
Looks like I got under your skin on the rose colored glasses comment because the other post of mine you put up made no sense whatsoever. Go Google replacement battery cost. The numbers are real. Did you notice the source of the link? JD Power? So they are a dishonest BEV antagonist?
I’ll reference the mfgrs prior warranty policy Ronald. They used to offer a lifetime non transferable warranty. Now they offer the 10/100k transferable which is more in line with the higher coverages in the industry.
LMFAO. Your disingenuous misrepresentations or flat out lies know no limits Ronald
Keep parsing it I’m sure it’s down there somewhere.
I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic.
Hey @Orangeslice13 were you mean to Homer here in a Bible thread? I know you are very versed in the scripture(s) and also know you would be highly intolerant of disingenuous misrepresentations or out right lies in interpretation and context of the writings like he’s pulling on EVs.
