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1 posted on 02/24/2024 8:36:05 PM PST by Red Badger
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Complicated. Where is this draining done? And I would guess there are hidden, surprising unintended consequences. And maybe a limit to how many drainages can be done.

and “....an hour behind the wheel each day, so resting a car battery for several hours isn’t out of the question.”
How can people remember to do that and have the energy and time to do that every day?

“I’d like to go to the club but I just started resting my lithium batteries in the EV so I’m stuck here.”
“Oh, yeah? Sounds like you’re lying. You’re seeing Emily again behind my back.”


2 posted on 02/24/2024 8:50:00 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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Watch out - here comes the state mandated Sabbath.


3 posted on 02/24/2024 9:57:29 PM PST by Hessian (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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Study co-lead author Wenbo Zhang
Stopped reading right there.
4 posted on 02/24/2024 10:16:19 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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FYI, this will NOT work for the batteries in EVs today which are Lithium-ion. Leaving a discharged Lithium-ion EV battery sit in a fully discharged state turns it into a very expensive brick. Please do not try this at home!

This article is proposing a way to improve a different battery technology (Lithium-metal) which is not now useful for EVs because it loses capacity too quickly.

5 posted on 02/24/2024 10:25:51 PM PST by Dimples
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So, take two weeks off per month and don’t drive to work in your electric vehicle. That will extend the life of your EV battery. (Your boss might have a problem with your extended “resting” status).

Better yet, leave the EV “resting” at the car dealership when you refuse to buy something so ridiculously overpriced and impractical.

That will greatly extend its useful life.

It’s the same principle as never using your hammer or pliers to keep them shiny and new for possible future use.

Where do these “brilliant” minds find such solutions?

“My Mama always says, ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’ “


7 posted on 02/25/2024 1:15:35 AM PST by Gnome1949
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so resting a car battery for several hours isn’t out of the question.

You said dead...it had to be dead...how do you do that at work? Or even home?

It just isn’t practical...this whole ev thing is the PITS...[Pie In The Sky wishing]


8 posted on 02/25/2024 2:42:17 AM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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hmmm...I let one go completely dead and it would charge after that. I thought it was recommended never to let them go dead.


9 posted on 02/25/2024 2:44:47 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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These manufacturers cant even get our cell phone batteries to hold a charge for 24 hours, and we still buy them and carry them like programmed drones. But an electric car? No thanks! Ive been playing with battery charted toys since I was a kid, they never last and batteries were too expensive to buy.
Looks like nothing changed.


12 posted on 02/25/2024 7:28:35 AM PST by 9422WMR
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