Linus
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So I’m 2 weeks into ownership. I bought a 2016 SV with 21,000 miles on it but the battery has had a rough life. The car is a lease return from Hawaii so it had its fair share of heat. The SOH of the battery was 74% when I bought it. I never would have bought it but the price was such that I could replace the battery and still be into it for what they are selling for in my area with 85% SOH.
Now that I’ve fallen in love with the car I’ve started tracking the SOH daily (I’m an engineer so this is the kind of thing I do). To my surprise the SOH is steadily rising. It is rising at ~0.5% per week. I’m charting to see what will happen.
Has anyone heard of this? The theory I'm going on is it sat for an extended time and got some sort of battery atrophy and now that I’m putting 60-100 miles a day on it, it’s regaining some of its losses.
Now that I’ve fallen in love with the car I’ve started tracking the SOH daily (I’m an engineer so this is the kind of thing I do). To my surprise the SOH is steadily rising. It is rising at ~0.5% per week. I’m charting to see what will happen.
Has anyone heard of this? The theory I'm going on is it sat for an extended time and got some sort of battery atrophy and now that I’m putting 60-100 miles a day on it, it’s regaining some of its losses.