Smart symbols page is at last complete

Smart symbols page Its taken several weeks, but with the addition of a new child safety lock on indicator (left) our Mercedes-Benz division Smart symbols page is at last complete. The safety lock symbol is one of at least a dozen new symbol we had to create for the page. We also generated 11 new …

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Smart aggravates our speed limiting page

Speed limiting The Smart division of Mercedes-Benz created two sets of Speed Limiting indicators, and did it in but two model years! It leaves us with 28 entries covering speed limiting on the page. The first set inverts the more common use of the LIM acronym, moving it to the top like the one to …

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Ford EV jump starting video added to YouTube

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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Electric trailer hitch operation indicators

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Electric trailer hitch These are Electric Trailer Hitch Operation indicator symbols. From the Smart division of Mercedes-Benz, this hitch system can be released or retracted from inside the vehicle. The system also performs a lighting connection check automatically and can attest to whether or not a trailer is connected. Before continuing, is one of these …

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Lightning and Transit EV jump starting far simpler than the Mach E

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EV jump starting As we assemble our next EV jump starting video, this one for Ford, we’ve found that procedures for Transit and Lightning EVs are far easier and more straight forward than the Mustang Mach E, as we noted in another post. And it “starts” with the fact that the two trucks use a …

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Misinformation on EV battery fires uncontained

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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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Ford Mustang Mach-E presents a jump start problem

Mach E left cover

Mustang Mach-E As we ready our next video on jump starting electric vehicles (EVs) with dead 12-volt start batteries, we find that getting inside a Ford Mustang Mach-E in this state is a challenge, to say the least. Ford does not supply a vehicle key or a key cylinder to use it in. In a …

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