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◊ 2023-12-30 02:12 |
Link to "www.autoweek.nl" |
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◊ 2023-12-30 15:26 |
![[Image: m7kysbybhguo_600.jpg]](https://media.autoweek.nl/m/m7kysbybhguo_600.jpg "https://media.autoweek.nl/m/m7kysbybhguo_600.jpg") -- Last edit: 2023-12-30 15:27:25 |
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◊ 2023-12-30 17:35 |
nice.. i wonder what is the range of those kind of conversion . someone did the same thing here with a 1986 Mercury Lynx but with limited results ( page only in french, sorry ) ok, after scrolling totally down i don't wonder anymore.. if i did understand what i think i did -- Last edit: 2023-12-30 17:47:51 |
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◊ 2023-12-30 18:01 |
Powered by one crappy Varta lead/acid battery? Pull the other one. -- Last edit: 2023-12-30 18:06:52 |
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◊ 2023-12-30 18:37 |
for the Lynx ? in 1993 , there was not as many options as there is today.. |
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◊ 2023-12-30 23:36 |
the Saab's starter battery, but if you looked inside that Tesla battery pack it's also just tiny cells connected in series.![[Image: mw-gy854_tesla1_20181120134327_zh.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/23/mw-gy854_tesla1_20181120134327_zh.jpg) |
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◊ 2023-12-31 09:04 |
Why does it need the starter battery? Is there an i.c. engine somewhere? |
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◊ 2023-12-31 09:17 |
I'd guess it's rather a leisure battery for the 12V accessories? |
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◊ 2023-12-31 09:50 |
Link to "www.caranddriver.com" -- Last edit: 2023-12-31 09:50:26 |
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◊ 2024-01-01 04:40 |
James May was locked out of his Model S because his 12V battery was flat. And you can't simply connect a charger because the battery controls access to itself. It's a Catch-22 situation. "As fate would have it, James couldn’t open any of the doors, trunk, or frunk because the depleted battery powers them all. Opening the frunk proved to be a hassle in its own right because Captain Slow had to pull two emergency releases that are integrated into the front wheel arches. Once the frunk is open, you have to remove not one, not two, but five plastic panels to access the 12-volt battery. The final panel features very brittle clips, of which one has inevitably snapped even though James knows his way around a car. Captain Slow took an hour to dismantle the damn thing to connect the battery to a charger. “And frankly, it’s pi**ed me off,” said James." Link to "www.autoevolution.com" |
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◊ 2024-01-01 07:34 |
@jfs, you are familiar with electrical systems, I am not sure if you are serious or ironic? .gif ";)") (That is the whole point of irony, isn't it) As described in the comments above, the on-board electronics do run on 12 volts (or 24 for EV HGVs, they face the same challenge) but you wouldn't want your inverter running the whole time draining your high-voltage propulsion battery pack. So for now they still use a 'normal' battery (lead, AGM, lithium, even integrated in the battery pack) which will wear out as in any other car. As for any lead battery they would benefit from a top-up using a battery charger, as these can provide higher voltage than the on-board system would deliver, and some even have maintenance charging cycles to revive the battery. This may be especially important if you live in a district with sub-zero temperatures (whether your scale is Celsius or Fahrenheit), where charging using an external charger may exceed 15 volts. So why can't the car manage this by itself, you may ask? Well you wouldn't get the same grade of fine tuning of voltage and current if you are still using the battery while charging, would you, consumers switching in and out, and how long trips do most make, maybe a 30 minutes ride to work? We are stuck with a hybrid voltage situation as of today, but new solutions are just around the corner - like Hyundai's attempt above. |
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◊ 2024-01-01 09:13 |
1. If James May is that clever, why did he buy the thing in the first place? 2. This seems to me to be yet another reason why I would find electric cars to be about as desirable as genital warts. (I hasten to add that I have no personal experience of either phenomenon.) My previous reasoning here - /movie_489037-Who-Killed-the-Electric-Car.html In respect of keeping the inverter running to maintain charge levels in the antideluvian lead acid battery, a simple mechanical answer would be a secondary generator or alternator driven off some rotating part when the vehicle is rolling. That’s how the starting batteries on all of my many internal combustion powered vehicles over the last nearly 60 years have been able to provide the energy necessary to avoid having to use the starting handle, if one was available. 3. Familiarity with electrical (electronic in this case perhaps?) systems. Enough to know that the further away I stay from them, the better. Since I drive so little these days, Aldi and back, visiting our daughter and her family, and the sailing club and back, I feel no guilt whatsoever in continuing my minimal use of an I.c. powered car, and certainly see no attractions in the Heath Robinson piece of junk shown above. |
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◊ 2024-01-01 09:51 |
Warts can be treated. EVs are here to stay for long time. |
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◊ 2024-01-01 10:12 |
I knew that, but it doesn’t mean I am pleased to see these resource hungry silent killers proliferating. There seems to be no thought about the amount of built in obsolescence that will take money from all of our pockets in the very near future either. |
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