When I asked the salesman at the time of picking up my PHEV if the drive battery would display typical battery memory phenomenon if it is recharged without completely depleting it, his answer was “no “. He further said that drive battery is divided into some blocks of battery cells and every time PHEV is started it starts to suck energy from a different block that it used last. Therefore, recharging without completely depleting the battery will not reduce the battery performance and longevity.
What’s other owners’ take on this, do you have any solid info supporting this claim or opposite.
What do you guys do, charge every night at home so you start the next day with full charge every day or fully charge only when battery is depleted? Obviously if you doing the latter you run risk of running out of charge and come back home running in Series mode depending on the trip. I wouldn’t mind running in series mode like this if the drive battery is prone to battery memory effect.
What’s other owners’ take on this, do you have any solid info supporting this claim or opposite.
What do you guys do, charge every night at home so you start the next day with full charge every day or fully charge only when battery is depleted? Obviously if you doing the latter you run risk of running out of charge and come back home running in Series mode depending on the trip. I wouldn’t mind running in series mode like this if the drive battery is prone to battery memory effect.