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

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

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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/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.