12-volt EV battery #InsideEVs did a piece a day or two ago about someone who was locked out of their Tesla while on a road trip far from home. It turned out to be a dying 12-volt EV battery. Yes, you read that correctly — electric vehicles (EVs) still have a 12-volt start battery. It …
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Smart back-up start page is now live
Smart back-up We now have a the full set of Smart back-up options, one to get inside and another to get started if the battery in the key fob dies. The Mercedes-Benz and Geeley joint venture is now focused on electric vehicles (EVs), namely the Smart 1, Smart 3, and Smart 5 line of crossover …
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Mercedes-Benz Smart cars being added to our dead key fob pages
Mercedes-Benz Smart cars We have begun the process of adding Mercedes-Benz Smart cars to our dead key fob pages. We just finished a page with text instructions and images helping drivers get inside if the battery in the key fob has died. And the company doesn’t make it easy or obvious. Even the Fortwo models, …
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First 2025-2026 symbols update complete
Symbols update The release of the Dodge Charger electric vehicle (EV) in late 2024 prompted the start of our 2025-2026 dashboard symbols update, which of course begins with Dodge. The result is the addition of 24 more symbols and indicators, half of which are new to our database. This includes four new drive modes, which …
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Dodge Charger symbols update swells our drive mode page
Drive mode page Our already bloated drive mode page now numbers nearly 90 entries. Updating the Dodge dashboard symbols page with the new Charger EV added four new modes to the page. Auto, Custom, Drag, Track, Wet/Snow, and Valet modes are available to Charger drivers. We already had a Custom, Track and Valet mode symbol, …
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Dodge owner’s manual mistake is a head scratcher
Owner’s manual mistake We’ve run into a curious owner’s manual mistake in those created for Dodge Charger electric vehicle (EV). We also now know that we did our 2024 symbols and fob updates before the EV was released in 2024! So, we are now using this as the beginning of our 2025-2026 updates. In any …
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New symbols page added for Smart vehicle symbols
Smart vehicle symbols We’ve added a new page for Mercedes-Benz Smart vehicle symbols. It remains a work in progress, as we have the newer electric cross over vehicles to add. However, we thought that what is on the page is useful for drivers of existing Smart Fortwo vehicles. And there are some newer vehicles already …
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