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HI, DR!It seems to me that it's been established that the Chevy engineers took that into consideration already, so that we not only can't drain the battery below a certain percentage (~20%?) but we can't charge it ABOVE a certain percentage (~85%?). Thus, I feel relatively secure charging all the way to 100%. What I insecurity I do have, however, is range anxiety. I have established that I need to have about 30 miles on the Guess-o-meter in Los Gatos, or 40-something miles in Santa Cruz to be sure of getting home near the summit of HWY17. To that end, when I go to Santa Cruz from work in San Jose, I now always charge at the summit as much as possible (which is generally in the 90 - 100% range) in the time I have available. If I've had to drive to Stanford University or beyond, I'll HAVE to charge at Charge Point HQ, and usually do that to as near 100% as possible.This is the second winter I've had my SparkEV, and I seem to be getting better milage this year than last, but that could be partially due to better driving weather this year, and/or my year's worth of driving experience. I'm averaging 4.9mi/KWH (with ~4kmi averaging) this year vs. 4.7mi/KWH over ~8Kmi last year. No noticeable battery degradation yet! (Knock on Wood!)Later!Guy
HI, DR!
It seems to me that it's been established that the Chevy engineers took that into consideration already, so that we not only can't drain the battery below a certain percentage (~20%?) but we can't charge it ABOVE a certain percentage (~85%?). Thus, I feel relatively secure charging all the way to 100%. What I insecurity I do have, however, is range anxiety. I have established that I need to have about 30 miles on the Guess-o-meter in Los Gatos, or 40-something miles in Santa Cruz to be sure of getting home near the summit of HWY17. To that end, when I go to Santa Cruz from work in San Jose, I now always charge at the summit as much as possible (which is generally in the 90 - 100% range) in the time I have available. If I've had to drive to Stanford University or beyond, I'll HAVE to charge at Charge Point HQ, and usually do that to as near 100% as possible.
This is the second winter I've had my SparkEV, and I seem to be getting better milage this year than last, but that could be partially due to better driving weather this year, and/or my year's worth of driving experience. I'm averaging 4.9mi/KWH (with ~4kmi averaging) this year vs. 4.7mi/KWH over ~8Kmi last year. No noticeable battery degradation yet! (Knock on Wood!)
Later!
Guy
