Are you sure about that? Rapid Charging LiIon typically slows down as you near full charge.
July 22, 2020 9:41 AM, "Willie via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > On 7/22/20 12:21 PM, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: > >> On Wed Jul 22 08:33:19 PDT 2020 dov...@bellsouth.net said: >>> At any rate Tesla doesn't let you use the whole battery anyway even at 100% >>> charged it is not >>> because they gave people temporary range increases during the Florida >>> Hurricane. >> >> Did they need to do more charging to get that extra range? or if their car >> was already fully >> charged, did it just have extra range? >> The former means the reduced range is the bottom of the pack, the latter >> means it's the top. > > I haven't used a car with a software limited battery but, as I > understand, the battery is just not allowed to fully charge. One > benefit, observed and reported by many, is that SuperCharging goes MUCH > faster near the top. With a not limited battery, one rarely has the > patience to fully charge at a SuperCharger because it tapers to just a > few kw near the top. A second touted benefit of limited batteries is > that they have longer life. > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: 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 ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)