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Ecky · 11-10-2016, 01:43 PM

I was under the impression that time was just as much a factor as cycles for these batteries, especially if you live in a hot climate. If you keep the cycles down, could you really still have most of your capacity out of a large Tesla battery after close to 2 decades?

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