Renault MEGANE E-TECH 100% ELECTRIC 2022 User Manual page 29

ELECTRIC VEHICLE: charging
Precautions
For daily use, it is recommended that
you charge your vehicle to 80% full to
improve the battery service life.
Avoid charging and parking your ve-
hicle in extreme temperatures (hot or
cold).
Under extreme conditions, charging
may take several minutes before start-
ing (time required for the traction bat-
tery to cool down or warm up).
When the vehicle is parked for more
than seven days in temperatures below
about -25°C, charging the traction bat-
tery can become impossible.
When the vehicle is parked for more
than three months with near zero
charge, charging the battery can
become impossible.
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The energy level available depends on
the battery temperature. It may there-
fore vary between stopping and restart-
ing the vehicle if the battery is cold or
warm.
To preserve the service life of your trac-
tion battery, avoid parking the vehi-
cle for more than one month with high
charge, especially when the weather is
very hot.
Favour charging the traction battery
after driving and/or in mild tempera-
tures. Otherwise, charging may take a
longer period of time or even become
impossible.
It is preferable to recharge the vehicle
after driving if the charge level is low
(< 25%) and when temperatures are
negative.
Recommendations
– In high temperatures, try to park and
recharge the vehicle in a shaded/
covered location;
– charging can be performed in the
rain or snow;
– activating the air-conditioning in-
creases the charging time required.
In the absence of any protection
against overvoltage, you are recom-
mended not to charge the vehicle in
stormy weather (lightning, etc).
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