Daily charge planner: how often do you need to charge?
Set your real-world consumption and how far you drive a day. See your usable everyday range (a battery-friendly 20–80%), how often you'll need to plug in, and the charge window to use for daily driving, long trips and storage. Every value is editable.
- Real range (0–100%)
- 212 mi
- Usable range (20–80%)
- 127 mi
- Charge every
- 4.1 days
Charge range for different needs (58 kWh usable)
Battery & units
Optional — pick your car to prefill capacity, consumption and battery health, or edit any field for a custom one.
How to read the result
Real range is a full 0–100% charge at the consumption you set, scaled by your battery's state of health — as a pack ages it holds less, so every range here drops with it. The usable range is the battery-friendly 20–80% window most people charge to day-to-day — that's what sets how often you need to plug in. The charge windows show how high to charge for different needs: a tighter 20–80% for daily use to protect the battery, a wider 10–100% before a long trip, and a relaxed 50–60% if the car will sit unused for a while.
Frequently asked questions
- Why charge only to 80% for daily use?
- Keeping a lithium battery between roughly 20% and 80% reduces wear, so it holds more capacity over the years. Charge to 100% when you genuinely need the range, such as before a long trip.
- What charge level is best if the car will sit for weeks?
- Around 50–60%. A mid-pack state of charge is the least stressful for the battery during long storage — neither full nor empty.
- How does battery health affect the numbers?
- Battery health (state of health) is how much capacity your pack still holds versus when new. At 90% health a 58 kWh battery effectively offers about 52 kWh, so every range here scales down to match. New cars sit near 100%; most stay above 80% for many years.