Does Fast Charging Ruin Your Electric Car's Battery?

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Is Fast Charging Bad For Your Electric Car's Battery? Best Practices For LFP Electric Cars - https://youtu.be/w1zKfIQUQ-s Best Practices For NMC Electric Cars - https://youtu.be/w4lvDGtfI9U Does fast charging your electric car ruin the battery? It’s obvious that for convenience, and for those that can’t charge at home, the ability to fast charge a battery is critical for electric cars to be widely viable. But, studies repeatedly show that the faster your charging rate, the more degradation a battery has, which naturally raises the following questions that we’ll break down: 1. Does a faster charging rate degrade a battery faster? 2. Why does faster charging degrade a battery faster? 3. What practical solutions exist to prevent battery degradation from fast charging? 4. Do you need to actually think about it, or is it fine to regularly use fast chargers? Subscribe to Engineering Explained for more videos! - https://goo.gl/VZstk7 Video Cited References: C-Rate vs Cycle Life - https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3271287 Battery Illustration - https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/cp/d1cp00359c C-Rate vs SOC Graph - https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abace9 Temperature Effects - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.09.069 RecurrentAuto - https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/impacts-of-fast-charging US DOE Nissan Leaf Study - https://avt.inl.gov/vehicle-nav/fast-charge-effects-on-battery-life-and-vehicle-performance-study.html GeoTab - https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-battery-health/ Fast Charge Low Deg - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2017.07.004 Ford LFP Batteries - https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/02/13/ford-taps-michigan-for-new-lfp-battery-plant--new-battery-chemis.html Other References: LFP vs NMC - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116344 Li-Plating Solution - https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.1807115115 Fast Charging Strategies - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.105507 Fast Charge Challenges - https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202000650 Engineering Explained is a participant in the Amazon Influencer Program. Recommended Books & Car Products - http://amzn.to/2BrekJm EE Shirts! - http://bit.ly/2BHsiuo Don't forget to check out my other pages below! Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/engineeringexplained Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/engineeringexplained Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jasonfenske13 EE Extra: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrY4q8xGPJQbQ8HPQZn6iA