Most of what people are told to do with a new electric vehicle is unnecessary. There is no break-in procedure, no need to fully discharge the pack, and no reason to avoid fast charging. Here is what does matter in the first month.
Set the charge limit once, then forget it
Set the daily limit to 80 percent and leave it there. Raise it to 100 percent the night before a long trip. This is the only battery care habit worth adopting, and it takes about eleven seconds to configure.
Set your off-peak window
Scheduled charging against your utility's off-peak rate is the difference between charging costing $9 and costing $22 for the same energy. Enter your utility's window in the Halo display once; the vehicle will handle it from then on, including preconditioning to finish just before you leave.
Learn one-pedal driving properly
Give it a week. Almost everyone dislikes one-pedal driving for three days and then cannot go back. Regenerative braking recovers up to 78 kW on a Nyra and up to 195 kW on a Vantor, and using it well is worth more range than any other driving habit.
What to ignore
Ignore advice about avoiding DC fast charging — the pack is designed for it and the warranty covers capacity regardless of how you charge. Ignore advice about storing the vehicle at 50 percent unless you are leaving it for more than a month. And ignore the range estimate on day one; it calibrates against your actual driving over roughly 600 miles.
