2023 Mini SE Charging Guidance

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SameGuy said:
Yeah MB was pretty good to me for the smart, I got quite a bit of goodwill warranty work after the four years were up. I also got a new exhaust system at 140,000 km (at ~9 years) when the pinch weld opened up on the catalytic side of the can.
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When I had my Subaru they changed the cats and exhaust under emission warranty only thing it cost me was an O2 sensor. Again
Rogwp said:
Could you also ask them if the claimed range is now only 80% as well :)
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my issue with the 80% charge is there is no way to set that 80% without doing some math with charging times. I will continue to charge to 100% when needed. This charge I’m going to 15-20%
 
I suppose I could set something up like that once I get the 40 amp Z-wave relay installed, whenever that might be. Of course then the best setup would be some sort of scraper that recognizes that the car has hit 80%. A timer is just too crude, and requires depleting the charge to the same level every time before plugging in. Otherwise unplugging manually every charge will be more of a PITA than it’s worth to me, because I don’t plan to drive the SE more than around 8000 miles a year.
 
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So, if ever, MINI cannot refuse our battery warranty claim within the 8 years if they found out that we have been charging to 100% always; because it is not stated in our manual.
 
Cold snow is def better than the 37 cm of heavy slop we got this weekend. After making it this far with a bare driveway, my plowing contractor’s PTO blower basically managed to compact a lot of it into an eight inch layer of hard-pack.
 
This may sound ignorant but I need to ask - once the charge reaches 100% is it ok to leave the charger plugged in. I usually charge later afternoon early evening. !00% may occur anywhere from late evening to early morning. Not sure if the charger senses the state of the charge and shuts off.
 
teslarati97 said:
That's okay, it's just going to -25F overnight. I just got back from using an electric leaf blower to clear the snow.
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I feel for those of you who are experiencing subzero temperatures. (I once visited my sister in Chicago in the winter time, and I never did again. The wind chill factor was -80F.)

Texas is slated to drop to 7F where I live, Thursday night. Every time I look, the forecasted temperature is lower. (Temperatures during the Big Freeze in Texas in 2021 hit -2F in Dallas.) It'll be interesting to see if we have another power crisis.

Fortunately, my SE is set to arrive at the Galveston port on 28-dec. So, she'll be dodging this polar vortex.
 
Unless BMW has discovered some preliminary degradation in early-year SE’s.
That might instigate a change in the manual.

Even so, I’m not losing any sleep over worry about the battery in my SE. But, I can understand that owners with a 100 mile daily commute would be concerned.


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BMW are not saying anywhere not to charge to 100%, just to keep the battery between 10 and 80%? If they wanted to make an 80% charge achievable they would have given us software to enable that?!

I interpret the guidance to mean: feel free to charge to 100% but then use the car immediately - ie don’t charge it fully and leave it sitting around for days at 100%. By all means charge it again to 100% but use it immediately again, else don’t charge it but use the car and keep the battery within the 10-80% range, which unless you’re doing lots of miles seems achievable.


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CamFG said:
I interpret the guidance to mean: feel free to charge to 100% but then use the car immediately - ie don’t charge it fully and leave it sitting around for days at 100%. By all means charge it again to 100% but use it immediately again, else don’t charge it but use the car and keep the battery within the 10-80% range, which unless you’re doing lots of miles seems achievable.
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That runs counter to the guidance in the manual for long-term storage (I have a 2021 SE).

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What this means is that after 8 years your max SoC % will be 71%+ and you will not qualify for battery replacement warranty assuming the mileage is not exceeded.
 
azausa said:
Our manual is even more vague
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How weird it is New Zealand MINI won't provide any guidance on long-term storage. "Go ask someone" isn't much help. Also, "Projection lens" versus "Combination disc" seems like really divergent language for the head-up display. Quite the cultural difference.
 
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CamFG said:
BMW are not saying anywhere not to charge to 100%, just to keep the battery between 10 and 80%? If they wanted to make an 80% charge achievable they would have given us software to enable that?!

I interpret the guidance to mean: feel free to charge to 100% but then use the car immediately - ie don’t charge it fully and leave it sitting around for days at 100%. By all means charge it again to 100% but use it immediately again, else don’t charge it but use the car and keep the battery within the 10-80% range, which unless you’re doing lots of miles seems achievable.


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That’s my interpretation as well based on what is in the 2022 manual

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And 2022 long term storage guidance is bit different than 2021

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Puppethead said:
How weird it is New Zealand MINI won't provide any guidance on long-term storage. "Go ask someone" isn't much help. Also, "Projection lens" versus "Combination disc" seems like really divergent language for the head-up display. Quite the cultural difference.
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I know right. I am confident that our 2021 (2022 model in the US) came from Oxford. The only difference from the US would be the steering wheel on the right side for us; yet the manuals are entirely different.
 
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