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revorg said:
Study shows occasional sprints promote healthier battery aging
electrive.com by Chris Randall / Jul 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM

Batteries in electric cars need occasional acceleration manoeuvres to extend their service life. This was discovered by scientists at Stanford University in the US as part of a two-year research project.
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Means my battery is going to last quite a while longer than I live as I’m going once a while 90 m/hr and you prolonging life of battery as you not charging on DC fast charging so often only L2 /keeping car in garage /and don’t exhaust battery ever to zero % as we have a 10% buffer up or down which we can’t do it as I was driving BMW I 3 and read about battery live of 15 years obviously loosing say 25% I’m very optimistic with SE with with newer chemistry in it
 
Then there was the recent report of the ID.3 retaining 91% of capacity at 160,000 km . . .

Ignoring other factors, I wonder whether EV adoption in the US (and/or elsewhere) would be higher if the original Nissan Leaf had had a liquid cooled battery.
 
revorg said:
Study shows occasional sprints promote healthier battery aging
electrive.com by Chris Randall / Jul 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM

Batteries in electric cars need occasional acceleration manoeuvres to extend their service life. This was discovered by scientists at Stanford University in the US as part of a two-year research project.
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If this is confirmed under real-world conditions, it could influence driving recommendations for EV owners — for example, to occasionally perform short but active accelerations to help preserve battery capacity over time.
 
Nelson Leighton said:
If this is confirmed under real-world conditions, it could influence driving recommendations for EV owners — for example, to occasionally perform short but active accelerations to help preserve battery capacity over time.
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Our SE is too much fun to drive for me to worry about battery life. Although I use up my tires quickly, it's great I'm not shortening the traction battery's life by driving this wonderful car the way I do.

Unfortunately, our SE caused battery problems in our other car, a Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.

Our poor 2018 Clarity just sits and sits in the garage, wishing my wife and I weren't always fighting over who gets to drive the MINI. The other day when I went to pull the Clarity out of the garage to get at a ladder, the 12-Volt battery was dead. Not just discharged, but dead. After putting it on a battery charger all night, the battery still couldn't power the car's electronics. I had to buy a new battery and put it in myself! I promised the Clarity we'd take it on a 300-mile trip this week (those trips are why we keep it). I hope it's happy now.
 
Speaking of occasional rapid accelerations: I can confirm that the SE is just as quick 0-45 mph* as a Dodge Challenger (not sure which model, but it was noisy AF, so probably a 375 V8 hemi R/T?).

*At that point I shut it down because we were 10 mph over the limit and racing towards a red light.
 
A kid in an 3.0 litre, 300 hp Infiniti Q60 couldn't get by me on a freeway on-ramp from 25 to 55. I let him by because I was getting off at the next exit and had to squeeze back in. I got a smile and a thumb-up as he passed (and also backed off the gas).
 
Puppethead said:
I've started noticing ICE drivers don't seem to understand how to accelerate. I find them taking what seems like hours to get up to speed from a stop. Can't they pedal faster?
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And they smell so bad! I really hate getting stuck behind them at a traffic light.
The Mini’s motor achieves optimal efficiency when between 20% and 80% load, so that’s my rationale: I’m being efficient.

revorg said:
Study shows occasional sprints promote healthier battery aging
electrive.com by Chris Randall / Jul 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Only “occasional”? That sucks…
 
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