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by yreg 1050 days ago
Full 100% charge is good for the LFP batteries which have been standard in Model 3 and Model Y since 2021.

Indeed, Tesla recommends to charge to 100% at least once per week.

https://insideevs.com/news/557527/tesla-model3-lfp-charging-...

edit: read response below

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As far as I know this isn't true, LFP batteries degrade more when charged to 100% than if they're charged to less, but the remaining charge can't be estimated accurately unless you do:

https://www.torquenews.com/15475/battery-charging-behavior-t...

https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaModel3/comments/yh5ts5/m3_lfp_...

(They still degrade much less than the other kind of battery Tesla uses, however).

Interesting, it seems they want people to charge to 100% so they can precisely estimate the state of charge on the road. Still, as you say it doesn't seem LFPs get degraded that much when sitting at full charge.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-puzzling-reason-why-t...