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Originally Posted by Ecky
Does it have an option to limit peak charge? You can prolong the life of lithium batteries by charging them more slowly and by avoiding cycling them completely full and empty (when not necessary).
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It has pretty much no control over anything. I think they wanted to make it seamless compared to a normal minivan. You can set a charging schedule, so theoretically you could have it just come on for a few hours knowing it wouldn't be enough to full charge. There is also no way to keep it from going to 0% before starting the motor.
I don't know the specifics but I have a feeling 100% is not 100% and 0% is not 0%. More like 0-100% of the prudent capacity that doesn't cause premature battery problems. As the gas motor can always kick in you don't need to bleed the battery dry, or charge it to actual 100% to gain a little more range.
I really wish you could force a gas mode so that say in a long trip you could save the EV mode for stop and go driving in the city at your destination. Instead you "waste" the EV driving steady 70 mph on the freeway say 300 miles across Washington and then it has to constantly start/stop when you hit rush hour on the 405 at your destination in Seattle.
I just found this bit on a Pacifica forum that applies at least to a 2018 model "According to the SAE PID for Hybrid Battery Pack Remaining Life, the battery pack is at 90.2% SOC when it shows “100%” on the instrument panel, and 25.9% SOC when the battery hits “0%”."