Board in storage with fully charged battery – How bad is that?

Q:
I recently purchased a meepo v3. I was only able to ride it twice until I had to pack into a non-climate controlled storage in December. I made the mistake of packing it away with fully charged batteries. Unfortunately, I won’t have access to it until March or April due to Army stuff. Do you think it will be fine when I’m finally able to unpack it and ride it again?

A:
For a Li-ion battery, you can assume roughly 20% loss of battery capacity per year if stored at full charge in room temperature. In low temperature the degradation should happen more slowly. If your electric skateboard will be left unused for more than a week, try to store it at around 50% charge, preferably in cool temperature. Best to double check with your board’s manufacturer.

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