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Why Batteries Degrade — and How to Slow It Down

By jenicejames20@gmail.com Technology 1 min read

A lithium-ion cell ages every day whether you use it or not. Cycles get the blame, but the two biggest accelerants are temperature and sitting at a very high state of charge.

Keep it in the middle

Time spent between roughly twenty and eighty per cent is far gentler than a full charge held overnight in a warm room.

Heat is the real enemy

Fast charging in a hot car does more measurable harm than dozens of ordinary cycles at room temperature.

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