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

[igs]

Do you not think that Tesla does anything to maximize battery life?

Tesla seems to handle the lower end ~15% better.

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[Woodrick]

Tesla seems to handle the lower end ~15% better.

Unfounded conjecture.

 

[rlhamil]

One thought is that on a supercharger, speeds should be much faster at lower percentages (maybe 25%-70% or so, depending on your comfort level with reserve low number in case you can't charge where and when you want to). So total charging time spent might be faster if slightly more often rather than less often to a higher level. The top 10-15% are very noticeably slower, if my brief experience with a rented base level model 3 is any indication.

Optimum isn't one set of numbers, it's a balance between battery life, charging speed, trip requirements (longer legs or towing or contingencies or other power requirements), etc. Not that big a deal usually, but I'd imagine at least two sets of numbers for myself: one for daily, and one for usual sorts of longer trips (no towing for me, limited use of power hungry accessories or tools). I'm not super mobile myself, so adventures outside one of a small number of normals are something that I'd deal with if needed (still want the option of that!) rather than seek out.

 

[Woodrick]

One thought is that on a supercharger, speeds should be much faster at lower percentages (maybe 25%-70% or so, depending on your comfort level with reserve low number in case you can't charge where and when you want to). So total charging time spent might be faster if slightly more often rather than less often to a higher level. The top 10-15% are very noticeably slower, if my brief experience with a rented base level model 3 is any indication.

Optimum isn't one set of numbers, it's a balance between battery life, charging speed, trip requirements (longer legs or towing or contingencies or other power requirements), etc. Not that big a deal usually, but I'd imagine at least two sets of numbers for myself: one for daily, and one for usual sorts of longer trips (no towing for me, limited use of power hungry accessories or tools). I'm not super mobile myself, so adventures outside one of a small number of normals are something that I'd deal with if needed (still want the option of that!) rather than seek out.

Run your battery low and chart the charging rate. A V3/V4 250 kWh charger will only put out max power up to about 20-30% of the battery. And by the time it's at 50% charge, it's down to about 50% charge rate.

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