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| − | '''How to Extend the Life of Your Electric Scooter's Batteries?'''
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| − | A normal Li-ion battery can tolerate 300 to 500 charge cycles before its capacity starts to deteriorate. This equates to 3000 to 10,000 kilometres on a typical [https://www.smartwheel.ca/shop-category/e-scooters electric scooters]. Keep in mind that "down incapacity" does not imply "total capacity loss," but rather a perceptible decline of 10 to 20% that will worsen with time.
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| − | Modern battery management technologies help to extend the battery's life, so you don't have to worry about overcharging it.
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| − | Rather than emptying the battery and then charging it, as you may be accustomed to with other gadgets, it is preferable to replenish your scooter battery whenever possible. Always maintain the battery charged, at the very least, to 10% and, ideally, to 40%.
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| − | You should become familiar with the battery parameters for your scooter. The battery's ampere-hours (Ah) and voltage should be specified in the vehicle's specs or on the battery itself. The watt-hours are also listed on some scooters. If not, multiply the ampere-hours by the voltage to arrive at this figure. This is important knowledge to have.
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| − | The most essential factor you could do to improve battery performance is to avoid entirely draining it. There is a component in certain lithium battery packs that activates when the battery runs out of power. This causes it to become unresponsive to a conventional charger in the future, and it might even pretend to be dead. To resuscitate the battery, you'll need a different type of charger. Although these are mainly older models, this is nevertheless a common occurrence.
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