New battery chemistry tweak could double EV range

Re:New battery chemistry tweak could double EV range by dillondoyle on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @08:02PM (#28136349)

I'm not sure what counts as a cycle? Does say running it to 70% remaining for 10 days then recharge at night count as 10 cycles?

If so than the actual total lifetime max miles would be way shorter for most city people. Unless IDK if Tesla has a smart setting on their charger or something to maximize cycles at the risk of running out of range.

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Re:New battery chemistry tweak could double EV range by Robotbeat on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:35PM (#28136917)

A full cycle means 0-100% (or roughly that). Charging 30% of your battery capacity counts as just 30% of a cycle in this case. And yeah, electric cars generally do daily cycling up to 80% capacity to extend capacity with 100% capacity being used for long trips.

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