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To: BereanBrain
True that. It could have been drug onto a flatbed truck. It would have damaged the EV to drag it with the wheels locked, but it could be done.

Another thing is, just charge the 12V battery under the hood. The newer EV's like this one (and mine, thought not an expensive Tesla) have a 12V battery to power the cabin and such very much like an ICE car. Normally it's routinely recharged from the EV's main battery (to account for the fact that an EV doesn't have an alternator to charge the 12V battery like an ICE car does). But that doesn't happen when the driver drives it to empty. So the solution is to use jumper cables or a jumpstart battery to charge the 12V battery and you can turn the EV on and take it out of gear. It's as quick and easy as jumping off an ICE battery. For this reason I keep a jumpstart battery in the EV car just like I keep jumper cables in the ICE pickup.

52 posted on 09/05/2023 7:51:22 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Correct.
Learning, teething issues.


60 posted on 09/05/2023 9:18:22 AM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: Tell It Right

“Normally it’s routinely recharged from the EV’s main battery (to account for the fact that an EV doesn’t have an alternator to charge the 12V battery like an ICE car does). But that doesn’t happen when the driver drives it to empty.”

Wouldn’t the 12v battery stilled be fully charged at that point and still last for many hours?


71 posted on 09/05/2023 11:25:27 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Tell It Right

There’s been several solutions offered for these problems.

Occam’s Razor suggests to simply drive a reliable vehicle.


79 posted on 09/05/2023 11:55:21 AM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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