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Extreme Heat Affects EV Range as Much as Extreme Cold
The energy efficiency of electric vehicles is widely touted by experts as a vital step to mitigate climate change. However, EVs aren’t well-equipped to endure the hellscape environment they are projected to avert. The consequences of cold-weather EV ownership on battery function are well-known, but high temperatures…
Car Stalling While Driving: Why a Jump Start Won’t Help | Giga Gears
I have a lot of experience jump starting cars because I have a long history of driving shitboxes,I’m usually too cheap to buy brand new batteries, and I’m the kind of forgetful that leaves headlights and dome lights on. Please let my lifetime of experience help guide you in your next vehicle breakdown. Jumper cables…
“Older EVs Facing Early Demise Can Be Saved | Giga Gears”
When you were a kid and you had a little radio control car that you zoomed around the kitchen floor or built jumps for in the back yard, did you throw it away when the batteries died? For many owners of early electric vehicles from a decade or more ago, that seems to be the answer to electrical issues. If your 2012 Tes…
Test Your EV Battery’s Condition in SoCal with Jalopnik | Giga Gears
One of the downsides of owning an EV is that you know your battery is degrading over time, but, you can’t really know how much. There are ways to arrive at estimates, but until now, there hasn’t been a definitive way to test it. Well, Jalopnik has been given access to a new system that changes all that, and we’d like…
3 Rules for Maintaining Your EV Battery Health | Giga Gears
If you want to keep your EV’s battery alive and kicking for hundreds of thousands of miles, there are a few tips and tricks to making that happen. Just like your gas-powered car, you can’tflagrantly ignore the rules of longevity. Storing your EV at 100 percent charge for a lengthy period of time in the middle of the…