Number of batttery charges in lfe of battery

DeniD said:

I have had a Volt for 3 weeks and am wondering what is the impact of using a faster charger versus a slower charger.

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Makes no difference for a Volt. Neither come close to stressing the battery.

hellsop said:

And that's only half-way to "maybe degradation shows up". http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-standalone-vr-headset-784935/

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I fully charge my Volt on average 6 days a week. So after 6 years, that's 1,872 charge cycles. Assuming I add a Bolt EV to the family, my full charges will go down to maybe 3 days/week. Needless to say, I'm not worried about degradation at this point and likely still won't be worried about it 6 years from now.

DonC said:

A cycle is from 20% to 100% SOC. You're likely not doing that when you charge. The better way to calculate the number of cycles would be to take your EV miles and divide by 35 miles, which would be one full charge. So 35,000 EV miles would be 1000 cycles.

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Pedanter away, DonC, no harm in that. 95k miles x 70% ev miles=66,500 66,500/35=1900 cycles, give or take. Close enough for me.