Dealership Enquiry

[milkyway55]

Why no to those questions

And why no battery degradation

Might be tedious questions but at the end of the day it's still the car I'll be driving for a long time that I've paid for

Because the dealer won't have it on charge for all this time, they don't come from factory with 100% charge and battery degredation is caused by driving it and charging it over several years, not sat in a dealer's lot.

So even if the battery was charged to let's say 80% and has been sat there since January until April, that the battery is absolutely fine?

Of course

[TaylorT2]

Because the dealer won't have it on charge for all this time, they don't come from factory with 100% charge and battery degredation is caused by driving it and charging it over several years, not sat in a dealer's lot.

So even if the battery was charged to let's say 80% and has been sat there since January until April, that the battery is absolutely fine?

Of course

Oh, I was always under the assumption having a car on a high % charge just being sat there not being used is bad.

I thought this was why people always say don't charge to 100%

[Ponk]

Sitting at 100% for a long term is not ideal, but I highly doubt they do that. All you can do is contact them and ask.

[TaylorT2]

Sitting at 100% for a long term is not ideal, but I highly doubt they do that. All you can do is contact them and ask.

Yeah I suppose. It annoys me as I don't want the battery to already be in a worse condition than it should be as it's a brand new car, I'm the first owner.

Just want to receive it in its best shape

[RedPanda]

"Yeah I suppose. It annoys me as I don't want the battery to already be in a worse condition than it should be as it's a brand new car, I'm the first owner."

If EVs degraded the moment they're off the production line, don't you think all EV's in existence would be recalled, scrapped and not be driven around?

You're overworrying about something that doesn't matter.