Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold
electrek.co
Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas-powered cars in the extreme cold, according to a road assistance service...
  • bluewingEnglish
    21·
    5 months ago

    You can buy a lithium car battery these days. Expensive as all get out, but you can get one.

    • sizzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      5 months ago

      You shouldn’t replace a different type of battery with another. The vehicle will be set up with a different charging profile and you’d need to change that as well.

      • Sethayy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        31·
        5 months ago

        And I’m not too certain what hardware is in cars but if its not setup to charge the li-ions just how they like, they tend to explode

        • 31337@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          5 months ago

          I’m guessing the batteries advertised as drop-in replacements have BMSs built in.

      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        Yeah, that’s a fantastic way to start a fire. Lithium really doesn’t like being treated like lead acid…

      • bluewingEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I’ve been told there are addon charge controllers available for such situations. But as I said, it’s stupidly expensive.