This is straight up wrong. It’s completely safe to charge to 100% occasionally. What you need to avoid is leaving your battery at 100% frequently or for extended periods. What matters is time spent at 100%.
Don’t charge to 100% every night, and don’t charge to 100% and then leave the car alone for a week. Feel free to charge to 100% before leaving on a road trip, and overnight at your hotels on said road trip, though. And the occasional 100% charge at a DCFC is also fine, if the charger’s not busy and it’ll help you skip a charging stop later.
this is also a positive incentive to preserve your battery. you should never charge above 90%
This is straight up wrong. It’s completely safe to charge to 100% occasionally. What you need to avoid is leaving your battery at 100% frequently or for extended periods. What matters is time spent at 100%.
Don’t charge to 100% every night, and don’t charge to 100% and then leave the car alone for a week. Feel free to charge to 100% before leaving on a road trip, and overnight at your hotels on said road trip, though. And the occasional 100% charge at a DCFC is also fine, if the charger’s not busy and it’ll help you skip a charging stop later.
Wrong.