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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
BTW, the DOD allowed on the Leaf is 95% = 22.8kWh. They must have a very stable and robust chemistry and construction. This is at least 2.5X more usable capacity than the Volt; while the total capacity difference is 1.5X.
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Apparently the volt never charges above 80% or discharges below 20%, from what I was told at one of the Electric Auto Association meetings is that this can extend the life of the battery by many years as most of the damaged that shortens the life is done at the top and bottom of the charge in a lithium battery, you don't get as much out of it short term but long term you win.