The positive electrode becomes very reactive at near fully charged and this damages the electrolyte. As mentioned charging the last bit is a slow process. So Tesla limits the charging to extend battery life and to make charging to "100%" faster.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 5:23 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200722/e1a3d60f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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)
