All the big questions answered. Well done.

@DriveGreen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The best offset for battery degradation over long time periods is the improving efficiency of tires designed for EVs. The best new EV tires today can add 10% range compared to the tire technology of 2011, when the Leaf was introduced.

I have a 63 Reg Zoe Expression and it has done 24500 miles and still has 98% battery state of health.

@DriveGreen

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic numbers 🙂

Very helpful. Thank you.

@DriveGreen

2 жыл бұрын

Out pleasure 🙂

Thank you for sharing I hope soon to be able to buy one.

@DriveGreen

2 жыл бұрын

Feel free to get in touch with the team when you’re ready 😊

A reassuring video,thanks. As a prospective used EV buyer may I ask, is there anyway to interrogate the cars computer to find out the previous owners charging regime?

@DriveGreen

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! Not aware of any general way to check how a car has been charged other than checking with the former owner. Some cars do show you the state of charge etc which is a good indication of the general battery health which will give a reasonable indication.

So the manufacturer took 10%, I should only charge 80%, and don't let it go past 10% empty....so I only have 60% usable battery?

@TheRealAstro_

10 ай бұрын

I know this is an old comment but all of this advice is if you want the absolute least battery degradation and if you're only doing small commutes with your car. Obviously if you're going to need 100% of your battery for a trip, or are going to rapid charge on the way to your destination, you just charge to 100%. As said in the video the manufacturer locks out the absolute top end of the battery anyways so it's not affecting battery health that much. Also all of this depends on the car. If its well built and has things like battery pack conditioning and battery health preservation you'll barely need to pay attention to it

Very reassuring video but I’m just wondering if you are driving around at say 10% and 80% is that not going to give you some type of range anxiety, trying to keep within that range to try and keep your battery healthy? Also that old leaf you where talking about has a dreadful range of about 50 or 60 miles…..it probably wouldn’t get you back and forth to work. I do hope to buy an EV next but they really do need to get the infrastructure sorted. I live in Northern Ireland where there are next to none extremely fast rapid chargers. Manufacturers like Mercedes are advertising about how fast their cars can charge but when I tackled them about this they very quickly pointed out that they had an enormous amount of very fast chargers in the UK and when I looked there was only about two in Northern Ireland…… Manufacturers and government need to get their act together if they are going to get rid of combustion engines. Sorry for the rant…..your company seems to be doing the right thing and these videos help

@DriveGreen

2 жыл бұрын

It isn’t a must to leave it within that range, but as a general rule it will be better. Your individual needs will take priority and there will of course be times where you need to go beyond this and that is absolutely fine. This is just more to get people thinking about how to best care for the batteries etc. In terms of the charging network, it is getting better every day but there are still some areas needing more work. Fortunately this is becoming less of an issue for most but we do appreciate there are some areas still lacking. This isn’t always a show stopper though, if you haven’t already please take a look at our charging videos. We do give some tips and advice to cover a lot of situations that may be quite useful. Thanks for watching and getting involved with the conversation 🙂

@davidjohn0505

2 жыл бұрын

@@DriveGreen thanks for taking time out and replying. It may be getting better on mainland Uk but that certainly is not the case in Northern Ireland. Where I live there is one Tesla charger at a M&S store and one charging spot at the Marina. You couldn’t call that progress. Oh by the way those two chargers have been in those positions for 6 yrs. This is why I had to challenge Mercedes and ask them about their fast charging cars and ask where on earth are these chargers because they hardly exist in Northern Ireland (which is part of the UK)