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Originally Posted by markweatherill
I wonder if that really does affect battery longevity. (I also wonder what the range of a Leaf would be if it was hacked to allow greater discharge than 20%)
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The deeper you discharge lithium batteries the shorter their life span, right in the Nissan Leaf's owners manual it says that if you want the greatest life span of the battery not to charge it past 80% full and to not discharge it past 20%, it reduces your range a little but for most drivers their range would still be double what they need in a day, at least on the Leaf, these settings are programmed from inside the car.