Recent content by spencerledlow

I have a 2016 that I bought used in 2018 for $13k. It got a replacement battery soon afterward and then we got the battery recall last year and got a new battery then. All seems well now. I think the range is a little better now at about 88 miles on an 80% charge. All the time I've had my car I...

I wonder if the charging efficiency goes down as the car approaches 100% charge. I'll try to limit it to 80% and see if that makes a difference. Any opinions on charging to 100% on battery life?

If I were a heavy user I would probably now switch to L2 but just using ~100KWH a month I could never recover the investment. I do appreciate finding out where the extra watts went. In Austin I don't see the cold weather. My indicated and measured miles/KWH don't vary much over the year.

My 2016 pretty consistently shows 4.2 miles/KWH if I don't drive 70+ mph. My calculations based on a KWH meter and the indicated miles has also been a consistent 2.8 miles/KWH. Is it possible that charging the battery is only 70% efficient? BTW the KWH meter is an inexpensive add on for L1 charging.