Re: Range

[Lee Hart <leeahart@earthlink.net>]

VanDerWal, Peter wrote:
> I remember seeing the charts a while back and you get the most charge
> cycles out of a pack when you only discharge to 50%, but as I recall
> the total miles driven wasn't much different at 50% compared to 80%.
> 
> It seems to me that if you have a 50 mile requirement you are better
> off with a 60 mile (max) pack than a 100 mile pack.

Ah, but the pack's capacity drops as it ages. If you use 80% of the
pack's capacity for your daily commute when it is new, then your
batteries are "bad" when their capacity falls to 80% because they can no
longer make the commute. If you use 50% of the pack's capacity when new,
the batteries can still make the commute when they have aged to only
deliver 50% of original capacity. You'll get over twice the battery
life.
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