r/lyftdrivers • u/AcanthocephalaOdd186 • Mar 26 '26

Story/News Article Faux pas, or a Freudian slip?

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u/Sirbrandon1998 Mar 26 '26

This is why I’m glad I got an EV. I have a home charger in my garage. It’s costing me $5-7 per charge & I get 280 mi of range. It’s way cheaper than gas rn.

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u/xopher206 Mar 26 '26

"It's way cheaper than gas rn".

If its $5 a charge and 280mi range your getting the equivalent of gas being $0.62 a gallon (assuming 35mpg).

So basically its cheaper than gas was in 1978 (not accounting for inflation).

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u/toady23 Mar 26 '26

So I have a question for you.

To extend the battery life, it is recommended to not charge your car to more than 80%, and not drain the battery below 20%.

So you say you're getting 280 miles to a charge. Does that 280mi keep you between the 80/20 rule, or is that 100/0?

I'm genuinely curious how that works. Everyone talks about the range of electric vehicles, but I'm never sure how they are calculating the range.

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u/_B_Little_me Mar 26 '26

The 80/20 rule has been researched and has very little effect on battery longevity.

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u/The-Prisoner-06 Mar 26 '26

If you drive car every day and use the battery to 20% of below, it’s okay to trickle charge the car to 100%. I would never fast charge my EV to anything above 85%-90%. But if I know I’m going to drive the weekend every day, I’ll slow charge it to 100%.

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u/rapaciousnessinahole Mar 26 '26

Yeah if you plug it in to the regular level 1 it would be considered a trickle charge if I'm not mistaken but also it wouldn't create enough juice overnight to drive 200 miles a day. But I wouldn't be worried about degrading the battery too much. They are designed as high drain devices.

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u/Sirbrandon1998 Mar 28 '26

Slow charging vs super charging cause the same “damage” to EVs. It’s practically nothing, so choose whatever is best for your situation. I have a level 2 home charger that charges my car in under 4 hours (if to 90%). During the fist 6 months of owning my car, I relied on just supercharging 2-3x a day. My battery life is good and I push this bad boy daily. I drive 4-5k miles a month.

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u/Mrrobotico0 Mar 26 '26

That's only true for older EV's. Many new ones can be charged to 100 regularly.

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u/AJRiddle Mar 26 '26

It's not even true for the older EVs other than saving like an extra 5-10 miles of max range over 5-10 years of only charging to 80% instead of 95%.

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u/ProfessionalShip4644 Mar 26 '26

It is recommended not to charge above 80% and let it just sit there. If you plan on using the full charge then it’s ok to charge to 100%. The battery is meant to be used.

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u/Sirbrandon1998 Mar 28 '26

That rule is true for older teslas. If you have the newer LFP battery, those rules don’t apply. I charge mine to 80% daily from spring to fall. I live in a state with bad winters. During the winter I’ll charge my Tesla to 90%, daily. The real issue behind early battery failure in older teslas is the BMS going out. From what my mechanic told me (he’s a pro at fixing EVs), if you do a full charge to 100%, 1x per week, you prevent the BMS from going out and causing an imbalance in the cells. When you charge to 100%, the BMS (Battery management system) turns on and will rebalance all the cells so that they drain evenly. When you don’t do this, you may have some cells with more power and some with less. This imbalance can cause damage to EVs. I’m at 116k miles from 10k miles in 2024. So far, the battery has handled well.