You Should Recharge Your EV After Every Trip, Even If It’s A Short One. Here’s Why

But even if you can’t, it’s probably going to be fine.

Engineering Explained on habits that can ruin the battery of an EV

Photo by: Engineering Explained

Iulian Dnistran

By: Iulian Dnistran

Feb 6, 2024 at 1:00pm ET

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No EV owner can escape battery degradation. But drivers of battery-powered cars can take steps to reduce the rate at which the high-voltage battery pack loses its energy-storage capacity so that the driving range stays as close as possible to the original figure five or 10 years down the road.

The issue of battery degradation is well documented and we have several articles about what owners can do to minimize its effects, but this time we get a very nice rundown of what actually happens inside the battery when it loses capacity from none other than the man behind the YouTube channel Engineering Explained.

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YouTuber Engineering Explained (Jason Fenske) posted a new video showing in detail what happens inside a lithium-ion battery when its not being cared for properly.

As usual, Jason Fenske uses a simple whiteboard to detail the physical and chemical changes that happen inside each battery cell without the driver knowing, making us feel like we’re in school again.