Ideal charge %?

[REM]

You should keep your pack around 50% SoC as much as possible during your typical week, but charge up if you actually need the additional range.

If traveling, charge according to your actual need, as your usage and access to charging infrastructure will be atypical.

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[TwiztOG43]

Nope. Kyle from Out of Spec says 50% if you get away with it to prolong battery life.

After all the battery drain from sentry mode, cabin overheat protection, what’s left?

Personally, I would rather have the HV battery fail before the warranty is up, than after. No point in limiting your range to save Tesla a couple bucks.

 

[REM]

i do 90%

Do you actually need that much range on your average day though?

 

[Chris9702L]

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You should keep your pack around 50% SoC as much as possible during your typical week, but charge up if you actually need the additional range.

If traveling, charge according to your actual need, as your usage and access to charging infrastructure will be atypical.

After all the battery drain from sentry mode, cabin overheat protection, what’s left?

Personally, I would rather have the HV battery fail before the warranty is up, than after. No point in limiting your range to save Tesla a couple bucks.

When are you ever gonna use those modes for an extended period of time to get the full drain from them? Are talking about having the truck in a garage overnight where sentry mode is required? I never use cabin overheat protection.
50% is to prolong the life of your battery. I paid a premium for the truck, going to keep it going to keep it long term, so I want to get the best lifespan out of the battery.

 

[Jow]

Do you actually need that much range on your average day though?

i really don't but i've read that some do 90 and i want the range for roadtrips

 

[REM]

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When are you ever gonna use those modes for an extended period of time to get the full drain from them? Are talking about having the truck in a garage overnight where sentry mode is required? I never use cabin overheat protection.
50% is to prolong the life of your battery. I paid a premium for the truck, going to keep it going to keep it long term, so I want to get the best lifespan out of the battery.

I use cabin overheat protection every nearly every single day in the warmer months since I have my car parked outside. It really helps keep your interior in good shape.

 

[TwiztOG43]

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When are you ever gonna use those modes for an extended period of time to get the full drain from them? Are talking about having the truck in a garage overnight where sentry mode is required? I never use cabin overheat protection.
50% is to prolong the life of your battery. I paid a premium for the truck, going to keep it going to keep it long term, so I want to get the best lifespan out of the battery.

Well it would depend on a verity of factors depending on your use case as well as the weather in your area. In the sun belt cabin overheat protection is pretty much required.
when I had it off, sometimes my screen would stay black when the truck has been sitting out in the sun for extended periods of time. We’re talking about 115-120 degrees outside.

Also as of right now, the truck does draw a lot of attention, so sentry mode drains the battery much more than any other Tesla due to nosy people and their greasy fingers.

My personal use case, when charged to 80% I would probably make it to work at around 65%. By the time I am ready to go home, sentry with cabin over heat drains that down 10-15%. Sure that’s enough leeway to get home, but if I need to make an unplanned errand then I would need to make a short trip to a supercharger.

At that point, rates are higher, and most superchargers will have wait times. Not to mention the novelty of the truck with people wanting to talk to you no longer makes it a short trip.

 

[CyberGus]

My Cybertruck:

• 50% Charge
• 100% Awesome

 

[REM]

i really don't but i've read that some do 90 and i want the range for roadtrips

You shouldn't charge that high unless you actually anticipate the imminent need. You will definitely degrade your battery quicker if you consistently over-charge when it's not necessary.

 

[igs]

Nope. Kyle from Out of Spec says 50% if you get away with it to prolong battery life.

He actually says 30% is better.





Tesla: "To maintain service life, the battery pack should be stored at a state of charge (SOC) of 15 to 50%."

 

[atx_cyber_driver]

80% is the highest recommended value for daily charging.

For battery longevity you can charge to a lower % that you're comfortable with. I find with the larger battery of the Cybertruck (compared to the Model S and Model X that I owned previously) that charging to 70% daily gives me plenty of available range. 70% x 123 kwh battery = 86.1 kwh x 3 mi/kwh actual efficiency = 258 miles of real-world daily range available.

I'll probably trim back to 60-65% for daily charging since if I'm driving 200+ miles in a day I usually know in advance. Worst case is I make a quick 10 min pit stop at a Supercharger.

The other part of this is to schedule your charging, ideally during off-peak hours with a set departure time if you have a regular schedule. For me I aim to have it finish charging by 8am daily so it typically doesn't start charging until 3-4am. Net result? The average state of charge the batteries sit at is lower for a longer period of time as it's just topping up for the day before I unplug and take off. Also helps to warm the batteries during those cold NJ winters aiding efficiency.

I charge my CT to 60%; been great as long as you're good with 192 miles of daily range. My daily commute uses 15-20% of a charge. It's also better for the HV battery not sitting at low or to high state of charge in Texas cold/heat..... my model3 has less than 4% degradation after 5 years and 75000 miles. TeslaFi data helps with showing the consistency of charging this way; I high/low balance with 1 charge a month from 10% to 90% to keep the BMS accurate as well..... hope this helps.

 

[M0unt41nm4n]

After a friend had me watch this, I am now a 65-70% daily charge:

 

[Outdoors]

The data points don't align for the below 50% club. Here is why. It moves people away from EV's when we need to move to them. People read this nonsense, and they start thinking. Crap if I can only charge to 50% I will stick with gas.

I don't trust the Swedish fella over on TMC. His data is from Battery University, and all slides have publisher removed. We don't do that in the science world.

All I can say is I have many a Tesla miles. Many than most, but not all. I choose convenience over battery longevity. Yet don't overcharge to say one can drive what one never drives. Be smart about it. Yet not so smart you can't get out of Dodge when one really needs to get out of Dodge. Been burned twice on situations like that. It wasn't fun. So just think about that prior to joining the 50% or less club.

I can go through each car and it's degradation, but they are very similar yet somewhat better than what Tesla publishes for long term cars.

 

[cyberos]

Just out of curiosity, if the Cybertruck battery is actually 4 packlets, aren't we always charging the same 2 packlets to 100%, if we're home-charging to 50% every day?

I actually spoke to a Tesla engineer in person about this back in January and he speculated this same problem. Only the level 4 superchargers truly charge all the packlets in parallel, where each would be charged to XX% instead of a few being charged to 100% and the remaining getting a residual charge

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