Hello, My 2012 Misubishi iMiEV originally specified a deep discharge once per year. However, they later removed that requirement.
Mike -- Phoenix AZ ------------------------ Original Message ------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:37:31 -0400 From: Jay Summet via EV <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Jay Summet <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] ?PD.lu purposely maintenance-drain Tesla-S pack every 20, 000km? On 6/28/19 6:54 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > On 28 Jun 2019 at 0:08, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > >> The officers explained that they were trying to run down the battery to >> service the vehicle " Electric cars must have their batteries run down every >> 20,000 kilometres in order to keep up the maintenance. > > Say what? > I think it's a good idea to take a pack down low (to 5 or 10% say?) every so often, if only to let the BMS reset/re-calibrate capacity and identify/detect weak cells......not sure if any manufacturer specifies this as part of their maintenance procedure or not. Jay _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
