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Phev range declining?

6.4K views 11 replies 8 participants last post by  jmurphEV  
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I'm at 50k + mi. 10k gas and 40k electric.

At 26mi phev range that's 1500 charge Cycles.

It seems my range has started to decline. After full charge range is now shown as 25mi vs the new 26mi.

Anyone else experienced something similar?

I'm not complaining. At this rate I'll only be down <10% in 10 yrs. 20% in 20 yrs.

However, my next phev/ bev will have an lfp battery. 2-4x cycle life of current battery chemistry.

Update:
While my battery may "only" last 20+ years before significant degradation, my ICE and brakes will probably last 40yrs and 500k vehicle miles before any service is required.🙂🙂🙂

I think the transmission is the weak link in my power train.