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you need to be a little more specific. My 50A 240V outlet is a 3 pin outlet as are my 120V 15A outlets. It also depends on what you are calling quick charge stations. I do all my charging on L2 (240V). This is NOT quick charging. L3 is high voltage DC charging is what I would call quick charging. L3 charging is what I would avoid unless I am traveling some distance and need the charge asap. While it's small, L3 charging puts measurable wear and tear on the battery. L2 charging generally does not. L1 (120V) charging is essentially trickle charging and takes 4-5x times longer than L2 charging. There's no reason to L1 charge over L2 unless you don't have access to 240V or don't want to spend the money on a L2 EVSE and can deal with the very slow charge times.I would never let a depleted battery sit if at all avoidable. leaving it sit fully charged while not good, is not as bad, plus the car doesn't let you charge to a true 100% SOC. It's actually about 90% SOC when the car reads 100%. If I know I'm going to let it sit for a while and I need to charge it, I usually try to run a quick errand after charging so it's not quite fully charged when I let it sit. After 3.5 years I am down to 17.7kWh usable from 19ish kWh my car had when new. Supposedly most degradation occurs in the first couple years then it levels off and degrades very slowly over time.
you need to be a little more specific. My 50A 240V outlet is a 3 pin outlet as are my 120V 15A outlets. It also depends on what you are calling quick charge stations. I do all my charging on L2 (240V). This is NOT quick charging. L3 is high voltage DC charging is what I would call quick charging. L3 charging is what I would avoid unless I am traveling some distance and need the charge asap. While it's small, L3 charging puts measurable wear and tear on the battery. L2 charging generally does not. L1 (120V) charging is essentially trickle charging and takes 4-5x times longer than L2 charging. There's no reason to L1 charge over L2 unless you don't have access to 240V or don't want to spend the money on a L2 EVSE and can deal with the very slow charge times.
I would never let a depleted battery sit if at all avoidable. leaving it sit fully charged while not good, is not as bad, plus the car doesn't let you charge to a true 100% SOC. It's actually about 90% SOC when the car reads 100%. If I know I'm going to let it sit for a while and I need to charge it, I usually try to run a quick errand after charging so it's not quite fully charged when I let it sit. After 3.5 years I am down to 17.7kWh usable from 19ish kWh my car had when new. Supposedly most degradation occurs in the first couple years then it levels off and degrades very slowly over time.
