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Re:How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and pr... by ksrm on Friday February 03, 2017 @03:35PM (#13563069)
>Everyone tends to plug in their laptop/phone and charge to 100%, then leave it there for long periods of time.

Why is this a problem for Lithium batteries?

Re:How automakers can drive electrified vehicle sales and pr... by will_hughes on Friday February 03, 2017 @07:29PM (#13564685)
Leaving lithium batteries at their extremes of charge state reduces their lifetime.

Tesla recommends that their customers to charge to only about 80% for normal daily driving, and that if they need the full 100% range that they should start driving very soon after it reaches 100% charge. They also recommend not leaving it at empty for very long too as empty cells are more likely to drop below their minimum voltage, and die.