Glow plug indicator While updating our Kia dashboard symbols page, we came across something strange, or so it seemed initially. The EV 6 model uses a diesel engine glow plug indicator! Well this made absolutely no sense! However, digging deeper it turns out that the light is actually used to indicate that the electric vehicle’s …
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Its got to be the plug. Its about the plug!
About the plug A friend passed along a New York Times article titled Should I Get a Hybrid or Go Full Electric? The title is linked. After reading it, and combined with additional information that was already running around my head, I emailed him back remarking that its all about the plug! Two hybrids The …
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Battery charge and warning symbols count on our page now at 14
Battery Charge and Warning Symbols After a Volvo symbols update, our EV, Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Battery Charge and Warning Symbols page now holds 14 images! And it is hardly the most prolific page! This is primarily because the automotive industry lacks discipline — or someone to apply that discipline — and continues the absurdity …
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Volvo dashboard symbols update adds 10 indicators and a big surprise
Volvo dashboard symbols update We completed our 2024 Volvo dashboard symbols update and added 10 indicators. But what is notable and truly surprising is what images that are not present. Despite having now three pure electric models, the C40, which is now the EC40 and EX40 EVs, there are no warning indicators available if a problem …
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Yes, your EV has a 12-volt battery too!
An EV has a 12-volt battery I got a panicked call from a friend recently (August 2024). Her car, which happens to be a Tesla Model Y, was giving her real headaches. In the end, I got to tell her that her EV has a 12-volt battery as well as the high-voltage battery. The symptoms …
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Reflections on Whether to Lease or Not to Lease Your New Car
To Lease or Not to Lease I am two months away from turning in my leased Polestar 2 and I have been reflecting on leasing. Hopefully the return process won’t mar this post. Note that this was my first experience with a lease. And note that it turned out that I was both right and …
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EV or gas? A little something to help you decide
EV or gas I had two conversations recently, back-to-back, that really came down EV or gas. Bear in mind, I drive an electric vehicle or EV. The first was with a waitress I’ve known for some time but hadn’t seen in a while and her “car story” that I’d thus missed. It seems her 5-year …
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