Not to be too pessimistic about it (though you gotta do what you're good at, and I'm GREAT at pessimism), but some of that might be actual battery capacity loss. Lithium capacity loss from long term storage at high states of charge does happen, especially at high ambient temperatures.
Most production EVs run their batteries in a range that keeps them well above 0% SOC and below 100% SOC. I'm not a lithium expert, but I've read that the ideal SOC range for storing lithium batteries is around 50-70%. I'd estimate that that would be more like 60-80% on the car's SOC meter, assuming it has one. I wouldn't let it sit undriven and unloved at 100%, either indicated or real, and I definitely wouldn't leave it plugged in. Let's hope that most of what you see is just range estimator error, not actual capacity loss. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. -- Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
