From kandiamerica.com:
The Basics of Lithium Golf Cart Battery Maintenance
Avoid Overcharging
Overcharging a lithium battery can impact both its performance and longevity. Most lithium batteries include a Battery Management System (BMS) that stops charging once the battery is full. Nonetheless, it’s advisable not to leave the charger connected overnight to avoid potential overcharging.
From BigBattery.com
Tips To Properly Charge A Golf Cart With Lithium Batteries
Avoid Overcharging
Overcharging is a serious problem for batteries. Forcing an overcharge often dramatically reduces your battery’s lifespan, and extensive overcharging may result in your battery struggling to hold a charge for as long as it used to, let alone other potential long-term damage internally.
Common theme here about the lithium battery charging guidelines.
Sure you can charge your Tesla to 100% in your garage, that’s not what was stated.
Tesla Battery Charging Best Practices
Keep your Tesla within the 'Daily' range bracket, around 90%, for balanced performance. Reserve charging to 100% for longer trips to extend range, but avoid frequent full charges.
Most of the time you should only charge an EV to 80% because charging rates slow down dramatically past the 80% mark. And two, the long-term health of your vehicle's battery pack is improved when kept below 100%.
From Tesla.com:
Charging Best Practices
Avoid allowing the Battery to get too low (the Battery icon turns yellow when the capacity remaining in the Battery drops to 20% or below).
But hey, who cares what Tesla recommends, I’m going to use my full charge to get the whole 300 miles.
Again using simple math, if Tesla doesn’t recommend charging over 80% and doesn’t want the battery to drop off below 20%, which is 40% of a full charge, that advertised 300 mile range drops off to 180 mile range. Ask any Tesla owner, I have and they are fully aware of these recommendations.
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