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Originally Posted by Zebster
You are quite right!
But those concerned with battery issues should be advised that the car itself has been designed to give much more accurate dash message updates on battery health/state-of-charge than any simple light display relying only upon voltage levels and risks giving misleading information. Not sure that Lada ever incorporated this level of monitoring?
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Plus cars with stop/start and regenerative braking use EFB or AGM batteries designed to work optimally at 80% SOC and according to VIDA the software and electrical system on such Volvos is designed to maintain the battery at that level.
Nothing wrong with giving the battery a charge to prevent or recover from excessive discharge if the car hasn't been used for several weeks or is used mainly for very short journeys, but don't get hung up on trying to keep the battery fully charged, because the car electronics will be working against you and you will be throwing time and money down the drain ;-)