henrydehoja
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Baltneu said:Where in the manual does it say not to charge to 100%?
I maybe misunderstanding your question, but I am not aware of any place in the 2018 manual that says not to charge your car to 100%.
Baltneu said:Where in the manual does it say not to charge to 100%?
Baltneu said:Where in the manual does it say not to charge to 100%?
'11 to '13 Leaf have all sorts of verbiage in their owner's manual about essentially avoiding prolonged high state of charge, not charging if already beyond a certain SoC, etc.Baltneu said:Where in the manual does it say not to charge to 100%?
Ok. See pagescwerdna said:'11 to '13 Leaf have all sorts of verbiage in their owner's manual about essentially avoiding prolonged high state of charge, not charging if already beyond a certain SoC, etc.Baltneu said:Where in the manual does it say not to charge to 100%?
Then, when the US '14 Leaf came out where the 80% charge limiter was removed, most/all of the verbiage disappeared from the manual. Yet, as far as we know, there were no chemistry changes between 4/2013+ built '13 Leafs and model year '14 Leafs nor any BMS behavior changes. Will post manual references later today.
https://insideevs.com/2013-nissan-leaf-rated-at-75-miles-but-84-miles-using-the-old-system/
https://insideevs.com/2014-nissan-leaf-mostly-unchanged-as-range-technically-moves-up-to-84-miles/
There's plenty of literature to suggest that prolonged high SoC isn't good for li-ion batteries (unlike lead-acid), esp. in high temps. Unfortunately, these aren't for the specific variant that Nissan uses.
LeftieBiker said:That's just how lithium batteries work: anything above 90% SOC or so and degradation is somewhat accelerated.
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