Saturday, June 19, 2021

Specialized Battery Warranty

Specialized warranties that their batteries will hold 75% of their initial capacity for 300 charge cycles or for two years. In the case of the VADO and CREO which have 320 watt-hour batteries, ONE charge cycle is when 320 watts have been delivered to the battery. See https://support.specialized.com/home/missioncontrol/en/using-mission-control/diagnose-a-problem

It is not uncommon for battery health to drop a few percent within 20 cycles and then to hold that level for a year or more. 

Therefore, one does not record a full charge cycle for charging the ebike battery when only a portion of the full capacity is used.  In other words, if after a ride that used only 50% of the battery or 160 watt-hours, charging the battery to 100% would be one-half a charge cycle.

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