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Max Power mode This is a Max Power Mode Indicator symbol. It belongs to the GMC Sienna electric vehicle (EV), which, when used, adjusts the acceleration pedal “map”. The symbol is a drawing that looks like Thor’s hammer with a lightning bolt inside. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read …
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Range boost A single week with high temperatures at or near 40 F has left its mark on the Kia Niro electric vehicle (EV) with 20 mile range boost. This week’s charge has us back at 230 miles, extrapolated from the 90% charge result shown below right. This is the same number seen for most …
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Solid-state battery Karma Automotive, Inc. and Factorial, Inc. have announced the launch of the first solid-state battery production program in the United States for passenger vehicles. The pair will integrate Factorial’s FEST® battery technology into Karma’s next-generation vehicle platform, beginning with the all-electric Karma Kaveya super-coupe scheduled to arrive on American roads in late 2027. …
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Warning light pairs While updating the symbols page for Hyundai, we have run headlong into a set of warning light pairs that we have seen before, but have struggled to present. In the case of Hyundai, the company uses a pair of symbols (left) to indicate a problem with Brake Force Distribution and sometimes another …
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Range gain A week of generally warmer weather and a re-charge added only a modest amount of range gain in the Kia Niro. A new recharge saw range rise to only 218 miles, vs the 214 miles we saw about 10 days ago. That number is extrapolated from the 95% charge and resulting 207 miles …
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EV’s battery life In assembling yesterday’s post on an EV’s battery life, I ran across this piece from Recurrent. It describes a simple way to ensure that the battery in your electric vehicle (EV) stays healthy longer, and its depth of discharge (DOD). It’s a little complicated, but this summary should help. To calculate depth …
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Factorial silent on lithium metal use in EV battery
Lithium metal Two weeks ago, we reported on Karma Automotive, Inc. and Factorial, Inc. announcing the launch of the first solid-state battery production program in the US for passenger vehicles, batteries that will use lithium metal. Going over a white paper from Factorial line by line failed to adequately address how the volatile metal is …
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