Comment by magicalhippo

There's also some research[1] suggesting that dynamic cycling extends lithium-ion battery life, compared to the fixed charge/discharge cycles typically done in a lab setting.

In this study, we systematically compared dynamic discharge profiles representative of electric vehicle driving to the well-accepted constant current profiles. Surprisingly, we found that dynamic discharge enhances lifetime substantially compared with constant current discharge.

Specifically, for the same average current and voltage window, varying the dynamic discharge profile led to an increase of up to 38% in equivalent full cycles at end of life.

[1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01675-8