It’s been a while since we last talked about EV battery health, and in that time a fair bit has changed. Some of the advice we all used to give has been overtaken by real-world fleet data — and with LFP packs turning up in more and more cars, what was good practice for an NCM battery doesn’t always hold true any more.

So today we’re going deep: how to find out what chemistry your car actually has, why your EV behaves nothing like your phone, what the data really says about fast charging and spirited driving, and the handful of habits that will keep your EV’s battery healthy for as long as possible.

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0:00 Introduction
1:55 Why old battery advice no longer fits
2:43 Not every battery pack behaves the same
3:50 Your EV is not your phone
5:58 NCM — what it is, and its two problems
7:14 Why NCM gets its bad reputation
8:29 EV fires vs gas fires, in context
9:28 LFP — the other main chemistry
10:35 Lead-acid, Ni-Cad and Nickel Metal Hydride
11:48 An honorable nod to sodium ion
12:26 Support us! 13:02 How you charge and how you use your EV
16:12 The packed Tube train analogy
17:19 The 20-85% sweet spot
18:53 Coulomb counting — and when the BMS loses count
19:48 Why a full charge resets things (and what Ford is doing)
21:59 Fast charging: what the data actually says
25:06 Cooling, temperature and the Nissan LEAF lesson
26:38 Thermal management, and why preconditioning matters
27:11 Spirited driving: it’s current, not power
30:50 Real-world data keeps beating the lab
32:53 So should you worry about razzing it?
33:27 Chemistry again: NCM vs LFP under load
35:44 Lithium plating and dendrites
36:42 The LFP voltage curve — and why it needs a full charge
38:21 Recommendations
42:28 Sometimes you roll a nat 1
43:30 Thanks, and goodbye!

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