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Anyone drive a plug-in electric car?
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RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car?
(July 26, 2017 at 4:14 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: The Nissan Leaf is under 100,000 mile warranty.  I'm ok with that.   https://www.nissanusa.com/electric-cars/...e/battery/
The Nissan EV specialist told me that it's best to keep the battery between 20 - 80% charge.  Never discharge it completely.  But when you top it up too often, it can start using the "headroom" it holds for the regenerative braking function to overcharge, which could actually damage the battery over time.

That's pretty standard with most batteries. It's not good to always keep them charged or charging Smile
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Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 25, 2017 at 9:58 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by vorlon13 - July 25, 2017 at 10:07 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 26, 2017 at 12:01 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Losty - July 25, 2017 at 10:29 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 25, 2017 at 11:47 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Losty - July 25, 2017 at 11:59 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Fireball - July 26, 2017 at 12:00 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Losty - July 26, 2017 at 12:01 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by ignoramus - July 25, 2017 at 11:14 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Astonished - July 25, 2017 at 11:44 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Aegon - July 26, 2017 at 9:55 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Fireball - July 25, 2017 at 11:59 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 26, 2017 at 12:15 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by ignoramus - July 26, 2017 at 12:30 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 26, 2017 at 4:12 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 26, 2017 at 9:08 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by ignoramus - July 26, 2017 at 6:40 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - July 26, 2017 at 10:32 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 26, 2017 at 10:41 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Drich - July 26, 2017 at 2:20 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - July 26, 2017 at 4:14 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by mlmooney89 - July 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 26, 2017 at 2:27 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 26, 2017 at 2:53 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Drich - July 31, 2017 at 2:25 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - July 31, 2017 at 6:53 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Losty - July 26, 2017 at 6:05 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - July 27, 2017 at 12:09 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Silver - July 26, 2017 at 7:56 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 28, 2017 at 9:04 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - July 29, 2017 at 12:28 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 30, 2017 at 12:10 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - July 30, 2017 at 1:52 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Isis - July 30, 2017 at 12:09 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 31, 2017 at 12:24 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - July 31, 2017 at 12:56 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Joods - July 31, 2017 at 12:57 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - July 31, 2017 at 6:59 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - September 21, 2017 at 10:22 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - September 21, 2017 at 11:59 am
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Joods - September 21, 2017 at 12:12 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - September 21, 2017 at 2:57 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by drfuzzy - September 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm
RE: Anyone drive a plug-in electric car? - by Jackalope - September 21, 2017 at 3:09 pm

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