# How do hybrid car batteries handle the number of charging cycles?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-hybrid-car-batteries-handle-the-number-of-charging-cycles/1005583 "2024-08-11T23:13:41Z")\
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What model year is the OP’s CRV? Battery tech on a 3 year old cheap e-scooter is night and day vs an e.g. 15yo hybrid automobile.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
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Some of that volume is probably from the need for extra cooling as well as having to use less power-dense cells than a pure EV. But they also seen to have fairly poor packing efficiency on top of that:  
[![](https://di-uploads-pod14.dealerinspire.com/hondaeastcincy/uploads/2022/10/2210-Honda-CR-V-Hybrid-Performance.jpg) ](https://di-uploads-pod14.dealerinspire.com/hondaeastcincy/uploads/2022/10/2210-Honda-CR-V-Hybrid-Performance.jpg)

(the rectangular thing in the rear is the battery)

Honda’s EV offerings are fairly piss-poor, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if their hybrid tech is also not that optimized. But you can get away with worse battery tech on a hybrid since it’s still a fairly small portion of the total drivetrain volume.

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-hybrid-car-batteries-handle-the-number-of-charging-cycles/1005583/23 "2024-08-19T01:46:14Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> What model year is the OP’s CRV? Battery tech on a 3 year old cheap e-scooter is night and day vs an e.g. 15yo hybrid automobile…

It’s a 2024. Got it last Christmas.

Eta: Weird behavior. If I start the line with 2024, it chops off the first 2.

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-hybrid-car-batteries-handle-the-number-of-charging-cycles/1005583/24 "2024-08-19T03:45:35Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> What model year is the OP’s CRV? Battery tech on a 3 year old cheap e-scooter is night and day vs an e.g. 15yo hybrid automobile.

most scooters have 18650 Lion batteries - the same Tesla used in their first cars … mine has IIRC 112 batteries in a 14s 8p configuration - the Tesla had about 7000 of them. Nowadays 21700s start creeping in … and some cars have moved on to prismatic cells or pouches, but Tesla again stuck with cylindricals …

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