Purchased June, 2018.
Current SoH: 96.90%
Odometer: ~ 5200 miles
Here's what's odd: I acquired an ODB-II connector approximately 5 weeks ago. At the time, Odometer was around 4200 miles with 96.96% SOH. So that indicates only a 0.06% degradation in 1000 miles of recent driving, which included a few QCs on par with previous charging patterns. Would be great if that holds up, only 6% loss in 100,000 miles.
Question is, what does this all imply? Does it mean the battery really lost 3% in 4200 miles / 6 months? Or could it mean it was well under 100% , 97-98% range when I purchased it? Is that expected? Maybe I should have gotten an ODB-II in advance to verify it was near 100% at purchase. Maybe dealer sold me a new car with a weaker battery. Thoughts? In the long run, if degradation is as it's been the last 1000 miles, I'm not too worried about it.
Other notes/questions: 100% charge indicated on the car consistently translates into 97.5% on LeafSpy, so just 2.5% reserved on the high end. Is it still a good idea to charge only to around 80% for new Leafs? On the low end, it's closer to 10% reserved, although I haven't gotten it low enough to measure that precisely. Does this mean when the car indicates 0% it will continue to operate for a while or will it shut off at 0% to protect the battery?
Current SoH: 96.90%
Odometer: ~ 5200 miles
Here's what's odd: I acquired an ODB-II connector approximately 5 weeks ago. At the time, Odometer was around 4200 miles with 96.96% SOH. So that indicates only a 0.06% degradation in 1000 miles of recent driving, which included a few QCs on par with previous charging patterns. Would be great if that holds up, only 6% loss in 100,000 miles.
Question is, what does this all imply? Does it mean the battery really lost 3% in 4200 miles / 6 months? Or could it mean it was well under 100% , 97-98% range when I purchased it? Is that expected? Maybe I should have gotten an ODB-II in advance to verify it was near 100% at purchase. Maybe dealer sold me a new car with a weaker battery. Thoughts? In the long run, if degradation is as it's been the last 1000 miles, I'm not too worried about it.
Other notes/questions: 100% charge indicated on the car consistently translates into 97.5% on LeafSpy, so just 2.5% reserved on the high end. Is it still a good idea to charge only to around 80% for new Leafs? On the low end, it's closer to 10% reserved, although I haven't gotten it low enough to measure that precisely. Does this mean when the car indicates 0% it will continue to operate for a while or will it shut off at 0% to protect the battery?