• deranger@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    Then decrease the cost. Nerfing the battery benefits no consumer. Make maximum charge level a user controlled setting (up to 100%) and you’ve gained any benefits you’ve mentioned in this thread (faster charging due to lower capacity, less wear) without fucking the consumer over.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      6 months ago

      Wouldn’t lowering the total battery capacity mean that there is less wear on the battery because it charges less full? Surely they can’t cut off a physical part of the actual battery in sofware.

      • deranger@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        6 months ago

        That’s correct, but you could do this just as easily by allowing the user to toggle a “battery endurance” charge that stops at 80-90%. My friends GM EV does this, she uses it during the work week as a full charge isn’t necessary for commuting needs.

        • Grippler@feddit.dk
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          6 months ago

          It will already inform the user that charging above 80-90% is not for daily driving unless necessary, because of increased wear on the battery. They have always done that.