This Technique Increased my Charging Capacity

[Michael Fisette]

This week, I was telling the Seattle Lucid tech that my Air Dream was not charging to the level I expected. I tried setting charging capacity at 95%, but I was only getting around 85% (450 miles). He suggested I charge at 80%, which allows the batters to "rebalance" themselves. I charged at 80%. Then, as I am going on a long trip today, I charged at 100% last night. I have 495 miles, which is 95% capacity. This makes sense, as the battery capacity has degraded 5% over 2.5 years. I never would have though to charge at 80%, to get capacity back to where it should be.

 

[xponents]

This week, I was telling the Seattle Lucid tech that my Air Dream was not charging to the level I expected. I tried setting charging capacity at 95%, but I was only getting around 85% (450 miles). He suggested I charge at 80%, which allows the batters to "rebalance" themselves. I charged at 80%. Then, as I am going on a long trip today, I charged at 100% last night. I have 495 miles, which is 95% capacity. This makes sense, as the battery capacity has degraded 5% over 2.5 years. I never would have though to charge at 80%, to get capacity back to where it should be.

Interesting... most batteries recalibrate when you charge them up to 100, if that is what you meant. 5 percent is not at all that bad! How much miles do you have?

 

[Michael Fisette]

24,000+. #38

 

[momo3605]

…And people wonder why I slam that API where everyone thinks they have 10% loss on their sub 10k mile cars

But interesting outcome Michael! Like @xponents said, most cars require 100% charges to recalibrate. Will be sure to try 80% one day if my rated range drops too fast

 

[segbrk]

…And people wonder why I slam that API where everyone thinks they have 10% loss on their sub 10k mile cars

I sure hope no one thinks that when I keep saying "no one knows what this actually means"
As we've said though, the 4% -ish buffer + early accelerated degradation does seem to check out though.