TIL it's better to charge a little every day than let your battery get low before recharging. - eviltoast

From “Engineering Explained.” He says that as you charge/discharge, the random orientation of microcrystalline structure in the battery combined with expansion/contraction due to Lithium migration results in forming cracks in the particles, which then results in reduced battery capacity. I’ve been letting my battery get down to 50% or so before bothering to charge back up to 80%, I may default to 70% and charge after every trip instead. (For a Volvo with NMC chemistry I’m not sure if I have “high nickel content” and would benefit form staying below 75% or not.)

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    9 months ago

    My phone has a limiter to charge to a specific percent. I have mine set to 81 and get a notification when it reaches 81 and another when it reaches 30 so i can plug in.