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Low coolant. These are all Low Coolant Warning Indicator symbols used by electric vehicles (EVs). The symbols appear as batteries with a wavy line at the bottom and are displayed in red. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read on below. Otherwise, you can return to our main Manufacturer Symbols …
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Auto start/stop The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a new rule finalized in February 2026 that eliminates all “off-cycle credits”, which includes credits tied to auto stop/start systems. But it’s important that the system in question is properly understood. Off-cycle credits First a word on off-cycle credits. These are systems innovative, energy-saving technologies …
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Battery health In a piece about used hybrid vehicle batteries, InsideEVs discussed different vehicle manufacturers and the performance of the their high voltage batteries over time. Near the finish with the recommendation that “you always perform a battery health check before buying a used PHEV.” Well who knows how to do that?? Not so many. …
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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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Owners manual fail Another owners manual fail. has cropped up during our Ford symbols update. We’ve seen similar oversights in Mazda, Kia and Lincoln manuals as we get through our updates. In essence, we’re finding symbols deep inside the documents that are not shown in the original list of symbols assembled near the beginning of …
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The plug-in hybrid conundrum
Plug-in. Ignorance keeps the plug-in hybrid on the sideline. Let me explain. I had a very interesting, as well as frustrating, conversation with two acquaintances yesterday. One, up to “here” with the price of gas, just traded for a hybrid. The other already drives a hybrid, which came to light later in the conversation. I …
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