EV jump starting Today we added a new video to our YouTube channel describing Ford EV jump starting. It also anticipates that the driver is locked out and includes instructions for getting inside. The video joins the new jump start playlist that now holds four videos. Every electric (EV) vehicle uses a 12-volt “start” battery …
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Misinformation on EV battery fires uncontained
EV battery fires I cringe every time I hear a late night television host make a joke about EV battery fires. They are pretty much always overhyped, as if it happens all the time, or simply a lie, like they explode! They don’t. Electric vehicle (EV) batteries — the high voltage version — are built …
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Hyundai EV jump starting video added to YouTube
EV jump starting Today we posted a new video on our YouTube channel describing Hyundai EV jump starting. It also anticipates that the driver is locked out and includes instructions for getting inside. The video joins the new jump start playlist that now holds three videos. Every electric vehicle uses a 12-volt “start” battery that …
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ICCT disproves dirty EVs scuttlebutt
Dirty EVs Despite evidence, electric vehicle skeptics continue to suggest that EVs are as dirty as internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. In fact Toyota uses the dirty EVs excuse for their hesitancy to go all in on battery electric cars. But now a study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates that battery …
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Ford “humbled” by EV progress in China, and remains on track to switch to hybrids
EV progress in China In an interview with Walter Isaacson at the Aspen Ideas Festival and reported by Business Insider, Ford CEO Jim Farley, speaking on EV progress in China, “It’s the most humbling thing I have ever seen. Seventy percent of all EVs in the world, electric vehicles, are made in China.” Not only …
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VESS is restored to the Niro, with a twist
VESS is restored I’ve fussed with and complained about the Kia Niro Virtual Engine Sound System (VESS) for months and had disconnected it following the video linked here. But this left potential liability issues and so VESS is restored while adding a disconnect switch following the instructions from another video linked below. The issue is …
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Getting a handle on EV fires
EV fires Long about a week ago, we did a piece attempting to debunk misinformation about EV fires: they are not common; electric vehicles (EVs) do not explode; etc. It was clear, however, that high-voltage lithium battery fires are very difficult to put out. So we set out to look for best practices. They are: …
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