I Plan To Hold My Tesla Mannequin 3 Till I Die: How Can I Make My Battery Final That Lengthy?

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I will probably be 84 this yr. Aside from a number of corrected orthopedic points, I’m nonetheless wholesome, and primarily based on household historical past, I might final one other 10 years till age 94 or longer. By that time my youngsters will most likely take away my smartphone/key, or a minimum of take away the Tesla App from my telephone. Even then, my spouse, youngsters, or grandkids will most likely be keen to drive me, so we could also be utilizing our Tesla even longer than that.

My Tesla Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary was bought on October 19, 2019, which signifies that as I write this text at present, I’ve reached the 4^1/2-year anniversary of proudly owning my Tesla. My odometer now reads 124,337 miles. How can I finest be sure that my Mannequin 3 will attain its 14^1/2-year anniversary? I will probably be at ~400,000 miles if I maintain driving at my present price. We commute 3000 miles spherical journey from our winter dwelling in Northern Utah to our summer season dwelling in Northern Wisconsin and again yearly. Our Tesla will most likely nonetheless be making that journey as we become old even when we have to have a baby or grandchild do the driving for us. We additionally commute repeatedly from Northern Utah to our daughter’s dwelling in Southern Utah within the winter. Due to this fact, our annual mileage will most likely not scale back a lot as we become old.

Within the subsequent 10 years, I might count on to have regular service bills as we go from ~125,000 to ~400,000 miles on the automotive. With a easy electrical motor and single-speed transmission, my bills must be a lot lower than the bills for a automotive with a fancy inner combustion engine, advanced automated transmission, advanced exhaust and emissions management system, cooling system, brakes, and so on., and so on.

Nonetheless, I don’t need to must spend ~$15,000 to exchange the costly battery on my EV. We have now been instructed by Tesla to not cost the battery above 80% or let it go beneath 20% if we wish most battery life. I’ve executed this religiously at dwelling. Additionally, I hardly ever cost above 80% on cross-country journeys as a result of charging above 80% is so sluggish. Earlier than I go away for a protracted first leg on a cross-country journey, and barely when the space between chargers is above 120 miles, I’ll cost to 90%. Nonetheless, I’ve by no means charged to 100%. Not often, on lengthy stretches between Superchargers, I’ll arrive at 10% or beneath. Since arriving beneath 20% state of cost can be anxious on the battery, that must also be a part of your calculation about your state of cost while you begin a journey leg. My high pace isn’t over 75 mph. If I see that my estimated state of cost on arrival is much less, I scale back my pace.

When my automotive is charging, if I set the cost restrict to 100%, my automotive will compute the utmost battery mileage vary. It now offers me 280 miles. Because the authentic EPA vary for my car was 310 miles, a tough estimate of the state of the battery is 280/310 miles, or ~90%. In keeping with Battery College, 90% is the optimum finish of life for a lithium-ion battery. Am I executed? I don’t assume so! I’ve learn reviews that battery degradation goes slower in later battery years. Additionally, I bought the Lengthy-Vary model of the Mannequin 3 and I’ll nonetheless have sufficient vary for cross nation driving when my battery reaches 50% of its authentic capability. Nonetheless, I might want to ditch the 2 massive aerodynamics-destroying ebikes that I at all times stick with it a tray kind provider on again throughout lengthy journeys.

Am I doing all the pieces I can to extend the lifetime of my battery? In keeping with Battery College: The optimum state of cost for lithium-ion batteries is 50%. That signifies that in case your driving distance for a given day is low, you ought to be working between 60% and 40%. On a Tesla, it’s straightforward to set the utmost state of cost. I simply lowered mine from 80% to 60%. This could give me loads of vary on days when I’ve no lengthy journeys deliberate. Nonetheless, that signifies that I might want to plan forward and lift my most cost to 80% on days that I count on to drive additional. That may normally be executed with the app after I get up on the morning of the day after I want extra cost.

We’ve all heard that quick charging (Supercharging) your battery is extra anxious than trickle charging. Nonetheless, I’ve seen the outcomes of current research that say that supercharging your battery repeatedly is not going to shorten its life considerably. Nonetheless, in keeping with the Battery College, speedy charging is far more anxious to your battery. I’ve a L2 charger in my storage in northern Utah. I’ve NEMA 14-50 retailers with 240V energy in my garages in southern Utah and northern Wisconsin. I exploit the cellular connector charging cable which got here with my automotive in these areas. In all of these areas, I’m charging at a price of ~24 miles/hour or ~6 kW. This ensures that I can get better from a protracted outing or the final day of a protracted journey in a single day.

Nonetheless, if my mileage pushed on a given day is barely 40 miles or much less, I might get better that cost in a single day at a price of 4 miles/hour on a 110V trickle cost. Would that enhance the lifetime of my battery? I’ve seen some reviews that say that may truly lower the lifetime of the battery. Nonetheless, that may go in opposition to the Battery College steering. In northern Utah the place I’ve an L2 charger, I might plug my Tesla Cellular Connector into 110 V. I might then use the 220 V L2 charger on lengthy journey days and the Cellular Connector connected to 110V on these quick driving days.

Does anybody have knowledge evaluating battery degradation at 220V versus 110V? If that’s the case, please let me know within the feedback part.

What concerning the case of prolonged storage (not driving your automotive for an prolonged time frame)? In keeping with Battery College, storing your battery at 100% state of cost could be very anxious. In case you retailer your automotive at 25°C (77°F) you would scale back the capability of the battery to 80% after one yr. Nonetheless, when you scale back the battery state of cost to 40%, you’d solely scale back the capability of the battery to 96% after one yr.

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