General Recommendations

Unlike popular belief, fast charging is not ideal for any electric car batteries. It is also recommended to charge the batteries between 20% and 80% while minimizing the fast charging option. Keep your temperatures cooler. This is ideal in order to extend battery life. The very first generation of electric batteries was produced about a decade ago and there's always been data used to show how the battery ages well with time.

Many people have irregular charging patterns for their car batteries. You are required to slow charge your car battery overnight other than boosting it and using it immediately. Many drivers use the accounts for 50 to 60 miles a day and thus, they don't see the need of recharging or slow charging the battery overnight. Other than using roadside charging spots, it is important to slow charge your car battery overnight that's having a longer battery life during the day. This is healthy for your battery to last longer since you want the battery to maintain a certain range of percentage charge throughout the day. Frequently charging your battery maintains your battery charge between 20% and 80%.

You can lower the maximum charge limit for your car using the touch screen on the Hyundai dashboard. This keeps the battery charge within your desired charge capacity. Maintaining your battery between the percentages you have put ensures that your battery lasts longer.

Charging Overnight

If you charge your car battery overnight, you will end up charging it every 2 or 3 days since it will have enough charge to run your errands throughout the period you're using it. This makes sure that your car is ready for long trips. Maintaining your car battery is important because it is expensive to replace frequently.

What Drains the Battery?

Heavy acceleration drains your battery very fast. While driving your Hyundai Kona EV in Halifax, you should maintain consistency in speed instead of accelerating suddenly for efficiency purposes. This ensures that you don't recharge your battery often, and you keep your battery life longer. Upon reaching your destination, it is also important to park your car in a place that has shed in order to maintain cold temperatures throughout. Cool temperatures maintain your car battery charge for longer. Parking your car in places where the extreme temperatures is not ideal for maintaining your car battery.

Another way of ensuring your battery serves you for a longer time is using your car. Sometimes you may need to keep your car stationary over a long period of time. However, this is not ideal since you need to ignite your car for a period of time up until the engine turns to the ideal working temperature. This way, you avoid having a flat battery when you need to use it and ensure that your car battery lasts longer. You can use your car to run short errands like grocery shopping or collecting documents in the office in order to run your car battery. Ensuring that your battery is working at the desired performance is very important before undertaking long trips. That way, you won't have to stop to recharge every now and then.

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Finally, ensure that you follow the guidelines from the car manufacturer every time. This is important so you can have a longer-lasting engine and car battery. Be sure to schedule a service appointment with us if you'd like our expert technicians to have a look, and as always, contact us if you have any questions.