[FAQ] - Question: I'm a new EV/Macan owner - I'm stressed about the battery…

[daveo4EV]

Question: what can I do to maximize my battery's life even though I likely won't keep the car long enough for it to matter?

TLDR; short answer - there is nothing _YOU_ can do to the battery…there is thousands of lines of software running in your vehicle to manage the battery - if anything happens to your battery is was very very unlikely to be anything _YOU_ did to it…

this question keeps coming up - and it's been answered before…I'm pleased with how this post has aged - so I thought I'd share it here - post #4 from this thread in the Taycan forum…shared here for your insomnia fix or enjoyment - your choice!!

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/t...-have-less-charging-cycles.16183/#post-249092

Porsche and it's battery management software is in control - you are not - even though you are plugging the car in - Porsche's in vehicle on board Battery-Management-System/Software (BMS) is doing all the heavy lifting - there is nothing _YOU_ can do to the battery - what ever is going to happen is going to happen - it's not anything you did!!!

 

[daveo4EV]

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a31875141/electric-car-battery-life/
https://unitil.com/blog/electric-ca..., a recent study,even longer with proper care.
https://www.irishevs.com/no-you-wont-need-to-replace-your-ev-battery
https://vitalsigns.edf.org/story/el...re-really-good-and-theyre-getting-even-better