Ideal charge percent to keep the truck at for daily driving?

[Dvldogg05]

What is the ideal percent to keep the truck at for daily driving?
I finally got my home charger installed so the range anxiety has been lifted so now for my daily stuff what percent should I am to keep the truck at?
All the while understanding I can charge ho higher for expected longer trips

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[jf64k]

I charge to 80% every day (well, overnight haha!!).

I do that for my 2020 Model Y, too. Tesla used to recommend 90% for Daily Driving, but that changed a couple of years ago to 80%, so that's what I do.

I'll go to 95% if I know I'll be out and about more than usual.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

It varies based on what driving I expect to do in a day. When I am driving 80 miles in a day I charge to 65%. When I am driving 120 miles in a day I charge to 80%.

 

[gaswalla]

I don't drive my CT much.. I keep it at 60%. and go up to 80-100% as needed on those days I plan to drive a lot. Did this with my X for years, and it hasn't lost any range

 

[Dvldogg05]

I charge to 80% every day (well, overnight haha!!).

I do that for my 2020 Model Y, too. Tesla used to recommend 90% for Daily Driving, but that changed a couple of years ago to 80%, so that's what I do.

I'll go to 95% if I know I'll be out and about more than usual.

Awesome. Good info. I thought that is what I read/heard that "Tesla" says that your daily % should be 80. So good to hear from others the same.

 

[Dvldogg05]

I don't drive my CT much.. I keep it at 60%. and go up to 80-100% as needed on those days I plan to drive a lot. Did this with my X for years, and it hasn't lost any range

This might not be a bad idea as well. On those days where I know I'm not doing anything special keep at the 60% and then when I need more go more.

 

[igs]

I do that for my 2020 Model Y, too. Tesla used to recommend 90% for Daily Driving, but that changed a couple of years ago to 80%, so that's what I do.

Tesla never recommended always going to 90% or 80%. Those are the recommended MAXIMUM you should charge to.

30% is the ideal percent.

 

[carsly]

I charged my Model S to 80% daily, lost about 1 mile of range in a year. As the Cybertruck has a bigger battery, I'm just juicing to 70% daily as I plan to keep this monster for a long while.

Only six weeks in. I initially started at 80% and then dropped to 70% after the first two weeks. As I get more comfortable I might even drop it lower - maybe 60-65%. At 60% on 123 kwh battery that's about 70kwh available and I'm averaging slightly over 3 mi/kwh giving me over 200 miles of real-world range. That's more than enough outside of trips and even if I had a sudden 150-200 mile jaunt to make it's not an issue to add more charge on my Level 2 or hit up a Supercharger for 10-15 mins along the way.

 

[Carnasis]

50% is the lowest I can set my charge limit to, its what I have always heard is an ideal "storage" charge level. When you buy a new electronic device, it usually has around half battery because it is well known that that is the optimal level for "storage". So I view my truck the same way, I don't drive more than 165 miles almost ever.

 

[MyOtherTruck]

I charge mine to 70% and set it to 25a. I set my charge start time to midnight and leave it plugged it. Doesnt get driven much but I like it ready if needed.

 

[UberNoob]

M3P here, depends on the day, I’d recommend only charge up to what you need. If you can get away with 50% and still do your daily needs then that should be it.

I drive Uber and charge 80% everyday and most days hit the supercharger in the area. But I also drive 200+ miles everyday. 2022 M3P with 97k miles on it now. Still love it, although new 315 max miles is now 275 at 100%. I’ll drive this until it won’t and then get another M3P or a CT RWD. ?‍
The CB will only be brought out on random special days to keep the insane miles off it.

 

[Woodrick]

Tesla never recommended always going to 90% or 80%. Those are the recommended MAXIMUM you should charge to.

30% is the ideal percent.

So you set your Teslas to 30%?

 

[TickTock]

Best state for longevity is 50%. Try to keep your average near that (IOW, charge to 60% if you use 20% during the day). I have heard some claims that you should occasionally charge to 80%+ to let the BMS keep track of capacity better but not sure if there is any real data to support that.

 

[Woodrick]

What is the ideal percent to keep the truck at for daily driving?
I finally got my home charger installed so the range anxiety has been lifted so now for my daily stuff what percent should I am to keep the truck at?
All the while understanding I can charge ho higher for expected longer trips

Tesla really makes few recommendations about this. They really don't want you worrying about the battery, that's their job and the Model 3 batteries are passing through 200,000 miles with very little issues at this point.
Up until about 2 years ago, Tesla recommended a maximum daily charging of 90%. That was reduced to 80%.
So today, I believe that the graph in the car shows 50-80% for daily driving and 80-100% for trips. It is absolutely okay and will not damage your battery if you charge to 100%.

That's what Tesla says.

Beyond that, there are thousands of back seat battery experts that will give you all sorts of answers. Very, very, very few of them pertain to the Tesla batteries. They are studies often done years ago to "similar" batteries. Tesla has worked hard to tune their batteries and many of these "rules" just don't apply.

 

[Dvldogg05]

Tesla really makes few recommendations about this. They really don't want you worrying about the battery, that's their job and the Model 3 batteries are passing through 200,000 miles with very little issues at this point.
Up until about 2 years ago, Tesla recommended a maximum daily charging of 90%. That was reduced to 80%.
So today, I believe that the graph in the car shows 50-80% for daily driving and 80-100% for trips. It is absolutely okay and will not damage your battery if you charge to 100%.

That's what Tesla says.

Beyond that, there are thousands of back seat battery experts that will give you all sorts of answers. Very, very, very few of them pertain to the Tesla batteries. They are studies often done years ago to "similar" batteries. Tesla has worked hard to tune their batteries and many of these "rules" just don't apply.

Thank you kindly

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