Every battery has a finite lifespan. However, by riding smoothly, adopting good charging practices and storing your battery appropriately, you’ll be able to maximise your battery lifespan or state of health (SoH).
We recommend:
- Frequently recharge your battery so as to avoid letting it run down to empty before charging it again. Where possible, try to keep the state of charge (SoC) between 20% and 80%. Deep cycling (frequently and consistently taking the battery from 100% to 0% and back up again) negatively affects the long-term health of the battery.
- Avoid running your battery down to or close to 0% SoC.
- Once charging is complete, unplug the charger from the power source.
- Where possible, store your battery indoors overnight and avoid exposing it to extreme temperatures. Temperatures outside the range of -8℃ to 35℃ (17.6°F to 95°F) will dramatically reduce your battery's SoH.
- Do not charge your battery in extremely low or high temperatures – charging in a moderate ambient temperature (15℃ to 27℃/ 59°F to 80.6°F) is optimal.
- Do not use fast charging chargers. Only use the original Maeving charger as it is designed specifically for Maeving battery optimisation and safety.
- Ideally, when driving with two batteries, ensure that the SoC of both batteries are as close as possible to one another so that both can be used simultaneously by the motor. This will decrease the rate of discharge and prolong the lifespan of both batteries.
- Handle your battery with care. By dropping or physically damaging the battery, you are compromising its SoH.
- Do not leave the ignition switch in the ON position for extended periods of time, as this will result in unnecessary battery discharge.
- Selecting conservative drive modes (ie. Range Mode or Balanced Mode as opposed to Speed Mode) will reduce the rate of discharge and thus prolong battery lifespan.
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