The Volvo thread

[Drago]

Using a car for an 8 mile commute seems excessive.

 

[Jameshow]

Using a car for an 8 mile commute seems excessive.

I do cycle it some days but 2 of the five days are split site working and another day I pick up my daughter from school......

 

[Drago]

Yeah, I used to hear the excuses as well while I just go on with it. Don't be too surprised, it  is a dycling forum arter all.

 

[Drago]

Mrs D has a bit of a journey today so overnight I charged the EX40 brim full of electrons. We normally keep it between about 30 and 80% (in reality a little less than that as there is 8% or so of the battery you can't access, which acts as a buffer for any age degradation) but overnight I whacked it on a long full charge. The handbook says to do so periodically to "balance the cells" so it seemed a good opportunity to do Volvo's bidding.

 

[figbat]

Mrs D has a bit of a journey today so overnight I charged the EX40 brim full of electrons. We normally keep it between about 30 and 80% (in reality a little less than that as there is 8% or so of the battery you can't access, which acts as a buffer for any age degradation) but overnight I whacked it on a long full charge. The handbook says to do so periodically to "balance the cells" so it seemed a good opportunity to do Volvo's bidding.

Same here. My Renault 5 is set to charge to 80% normally but occasionally I’ll fill ‘er up - for example I’m doing a 200 mile round trip today so it’s brimmed to allow for contingency.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Mrs D has a bit of a journey today so overnight I charged the EX40 brim full of electrons. We normally keep it between about 30 and 80% (in reality a little less than that as there is 8% or so of the battery you can't access, which acts as a buffer for any age degradation) but overnight I whacked it on a long full charge. The handbook says to do so periodically to "balance the cells" so it seemed a good opportunity to do Volvo's bidding.

This.

It's important, for sure, at least my readings convince me so. I recommend 'Janet & John try to open their Tesla's Charging Port'. A classic.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

...and for both the i3 & Tesla 3 I simply bung the charging cable in, in ole' fashioned 'fill her up' mode.

 

[Drago]

Mrs D is a very clever lady, a BSc. Hons holder and qualified teacher, but is not au fait with physics. I was able to successfully tell her that a battery was essentially a tank that we filled up with electrons, which were like an extremely fine powder.

She almost believed me, but I blew it one day when I playfully chided her for leaving a wall socket switched on and said that it runs a risk of electrons spilling all over the carpet.