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...
  • sizzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    10 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·
      10 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·
        10 months ago

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

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

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

    • bluewing@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

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