before recharging?
Just pondering but based on normal everyday usage, as opposed to longer journeys.
With an ICE, if you suddenly needed to travel a long distance and had little fuel, you could probably find a 24 hour gas station and fill up. With a BEV, if the fastest charger you had access to was your home 7Kw charger, you would have to wait at least a couple of hours to get a decent top up.
How low do you let the battery charge drop to...
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Deleted User 314
Ours is typically between 40% to 60%, trickling through the day if necessary.
We find we plan better so know if it needs an overnight charge.
We find we plan better so know if it needs an overnight charge.
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Deleted User 192
I’ll let mine go down to about 20% (40-50 miles), unless I already know I need more than that for the next day.
My home charging is done 20:30-01:30 so that window adds about 60%, taking me back to 80%.
I’ll plan for 100% during the window (so ideally starting above 40%) if doing a long journey the next morning.
If I needed that short-notice charge scenario you describe, I’d use a rapid.
My home charging is done 20:30-01:30 so that window adds about 60%, taking me back to 80%.
I’ll plan for 100% during the window (so ideally starting above 40%) if doing a long journey the next morning.
If I needed that short-notice charge scenario you describe, I’d use a rapid.
Last edited by Deleted User 192 on Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I run the current EV roughly 30% to 75% and keep it in that range topping up say 3 times a week overnight on Octopus Go. If planning a longer trip I charge it to 80% overnight and then give it a boost an hour before departure up to 90%. Will probably run the ID3 much the same way. Any emergency charge needed I just visit a local ultra rapid.
Tour Pro S 77kWh, heatpump, 19" Andoya wheels, Glacier White
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Ordered 21.8.21
Order No: 314400**
Build week 24 unconfirmed
Delivery Q4 2022 delayed from Q1 2022
Cancelled order and replaced with in stock Kia EV6
I depend on public chargers so recharge when opportunity offers. Normally don't let it drop much below 40% or charge over 80%. Did so yesterday though as we first picked up someone at Paddington (so used the Source London 22kW charger as a parking spot and connected there) and then went for dinner near Marble Arch (so used the Source London 7kW charger there as a parking spot and connected charging to 86% while at dinner). Saved me having to hunt for a parking bay.
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Andreas
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Andreas
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ID.3 Tour, manganese grey, bi-colour style, heat pump, otherwise standard. July 2021, London.
Http://rommelsriposte.com (not car related)
Just to reiterate, I don’t have access to a rapid charger anywhere nearby. I also have no access to the cheaper overnight home charging. We can’t have a smart meter that works in our area. (Thanks Boris). So I was thinking that maybe I should just charge it up to 80% every day, as the cost will always be the same whenever I charge it at home. Or is there something about discharging these batteries so that all the cells get “exercised” at some time or other?
