ranss12
Well-known member
There have been many comments and predictions about battery life based on ambient temperature (Arizona, Texas, etc), calendar age of battery, charging to 100%/80%, fast charging, depth of discharge, etc, but I don't recall seeing anything that correlates battery life with the average mile/kwh that the driver gets. It seems intuitive that the easier a battery is driven (using the minimum necessary power needed to get up to speed, maintaining a lower average speed, maintaining a steady speed, etc) will reduce the internal battery heating do to internal resistance, but is maintaining a lower battery temperature the only benefit of conservative driving, or are there other effects of conservative driving that will help preserve battery life?