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What You Need To Know About EV Battery Fraud
Wheels.ca ^ | Oct 13, 2021 | William Clavey

Posted on 09/23/2023 7:07:31 PM PDT by Leaning Right

Interested in an electric car, but finding current prices are a bit too high for your budget? Worry not, as the second-hand EV market is well garnished with a wide variety of appealing zero emission alternatives.

But while it’s true that an electric vehicle requires less maintenance than a gasoline one, resulting in second-hand models that are in great mechanical shape, consumers must stay on the lookout for a rapidly spreading problem in the second-hand EV market: battery fraud.

(Excerpt) Read more at wheels.ca ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: automotive; battery; electric; ev; fraud
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So you want to buy an EV, but the new ones are too pricy. So you want to go looking for a used one instead. Better read this article first.

As for me, I’ll stick with my 12-year-old Ford. One, I don’t trust EVs. And two, I enjoy upsetting Al Gore and Greta Thunberg.

1 posted on 09/23/2023 7:07:31 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

You’re a planet killer.


2 posted on 09/23/2023 7:09:25 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Leaning Right

A SMART person looking to launch a business would use a dynomometer to determine just how many kWH were left in an EV battery, after being in use. Charge, maybe, $100, and then run it under load for a couple of hours, until it craps out.


3 posted on 09/23/2023 7:12:19 PM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: Leaning Right

How dare youuuuuuu!


4 posted on 09/23/2023 7:15:56 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: BobL

Do you need a dynamometer or merely a simple multimeter and a resistive load under which to test?


5 posted on 09/23/2023 7:17:24 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: posterchild

Hook it up to your house and thus The Grid.


6 posted on 09/23/2023 7:19:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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“Do you need a dynamometer or merely a simple multimeter and a resistive load under which to test?”

They could probably fake that test...best to test in exactly the way that counts.


7 posted on 09/23/2023 7:19:55 PM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: Leaning Right

I was driving somewhere tonight and saw a 2014 leaf on a dealer lot for 2,999.

it is tempting. but I instead am spending that $ on my e32 735i


8 posted on 09/23/2023 7:24:21 PM PDT by algore
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To: Leaning Right

it’s pretty sad that gop aren’t sounding the alarms frequently in congress about the damage and idiotic nonsense driven by the electric mafia


9 posted on 09/23/2023 7:29:17 PM PDT by Bob434
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FTA -

“”As demand for second-hand electric vehicles climbs””

Demand??? Wishful thinking about future demand?

If some fool actually starts looking into used EVs, it will still be a second or third car, with a dependable ICE car that can be ‘charged’ and ‘recharged’ in 5 minutes. One can look under the hood, and under the car, of ICE cars and learn a great deal.


10 posted on 09/23/2023 7:45:28 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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There are some pretty good deals on used EV's.

11 posted on 09/23/2023 7:50:22 PM PDT by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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Do the idiots who still vote for democrats, that are poor, living in vans, RVs or their cars know the democrats are going to destroy them?

Probably not. They probably believe uncle Joe will give them all new electric cars and RVs and a full electric hookup with which to charge. I was just driving El Camino in Silicon Valley. There are miles and miles of RVs and vans.


12 posted on 09/23/2023 7:53:06 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Organic Panic

they are either blinded by the Evil one, or just ignorant of the real liberal agenda-


13 posted on 09/23/2023 7:56:22 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: budj

I think it was flooded, wouldn’t start. Then it evaporated the extra liquid and warmed up. A nice clean one owner. 🙄😛


14 posted on 09/23/2023 7:59:23 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: Leaning Right

Me too, I have a 22 year old Ford Explorer I’ve owned for 9 years and I have no intention of getting rid of it and going EV.


15 posted on 09/23/2023 8:01:28 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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I think in 2023, if there is an opportunity for a $200 fraud in ANYTHING, someone will be taking it. Fraud is becoming so prevalent in literally everything, and having it blossom and shine forth from the highest levels of government in effect blesses it.


16 posted on 09/23/2023 8:06:12 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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To: Leaning Right

Surprised that the computer can be “reset” to give false information.


17 posted on 09/23/2023 8:14:36 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Leaning Right

You can experience battery fraud on a regular car, too. The big difference is it will cost you $100 to fix, not $8,000 to $10,000.


18 posted on 09/23/2023 8:36:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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Isn’t that the truth? Nary a peep out of any of them about the whole green fraud and the impossibility of it working.


19 posted on 09/23/2023 8:38:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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Anybody else seeing this Cloudfront problem when clicking the link? I'm getting blocked from more and more sites with Cloudfront. Is it my VPN?


20 posted on 09/23/2023 8:42:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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