DCFC has turned out to not be nearly as big of an issue for battery longevity according to some of the longer term (and primarily Tesla focused) data that has come out over the last 1-2 years. Probably the biggest risk would be if cheesepep frequently charges to 100% to minimize how often they need to charge along with how much time the battery spends sitting at a high state of charge.As long as you understand that you are shortening the life of the battery …I would like to say that just because you have an EV that you must charge at home. Quite the contrary. I only charge at the Tesla Superchargers (and very occasionally at Costco and other places). I charge once every 1-2 weeks for my M3. I drive 40-60 mins a day to drive my wife to her office and back home and drive to various supermarkets and restaurants.
One of the biggest advantages to home charging for us personally is that we can keep our battery state of charge close to 50% the vast majority of the time without affecting our day to day lives. We set our charging limit to 60% and only adjust it if we have a longer trip planned. Keeping a tighter state of charge range and lower limit with frequent charging is supposedly the best battery health practice one can follow for any lithium ion device, whether EVs, cellphones or toothbrushes.
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