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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by Sohcahtoa82 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:05PM (#18624212)
>> Do aged lithium batteries lose charge efficiency, discharge efficiency or capacity?

> I believe they experience all of those.

Hmm...would that explain the CPU performance loss of an aging cell phone battery? Lower discharge efficiency = less power available for the CPU = CPU throttles itself to lower power usage?

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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by geon on Friday December 07, 2018 @02:10AM (#18625705)
That is exactly what happened, yes. Without the throttling, the battery can't deliver peak power, and the device crashes.
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