Open a Smart with a Dead Key Fob

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Getting into your Smart Open a Smart. This page holds all of the emergency open or back-up open procedures needed…

Electric motor failure indicator

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Electric motor This is an Electric Motor Failure Indicator symbol. The first explanation for this warning light is to alert…

Speed Override Warning Indicator

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Speed Override This is a Speed Override Warning Indicator symbol. This is an electric vehicle (EV) symbol that is intended…

Dodge adds to growing list of troublesome electronic latches

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Electronic latches In 2024, the Dodge Charger went electric and electronic. The company's first electric vehicle (EV) also follows the…

A final hodgepodge of regen braking questions

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Regen braking Our search for common regen braking questions turned up several that require only the following short answers. —…

The Niro is a summertime EV efficiency champ

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EV efficiency EV efficiency, measured in miles per kWh (m/kWh), comes up short in the vast majority of electric vehicles.…

Misunderstanding regenerative “brakes”

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Regenerative "brakes" In researching common questions about regenerative "brakes", it became clear that there are serious misconceptions about the topic,…

How much energy does regenerative braking recover?

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Regenerative braking So just how much energy does regenerative braking recover? Well, there's quite a bit of information floating around…

Regenerative braking returns to brake rotor issues

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Regenerative braking I decided I wanted to answer some common questions about regenerative braking and did some Google searches. AI…

So I got regenerative braking wrong

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Regenerative braking I recall listening to the owner of the last car dealer I worked for explaining regenerative braking in…