So… any idea how would to go about removing a decomposing rodent from the sealed under-carriage of an EV?

Asking for a friend.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/45300137

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14057643

Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/18120065

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25653923

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/21966889

Asking on another's behalf. I don't want to give too many details including the car make and model.

This person's new car has the ability for you to 'start' it and also 'turn off' when you finish the journey. It's confusing what the turn off really means. It keeps lights on for some time after you disembark the vehicle whether you want it to or not, and if you open a door it turns on the instrument cluster screen to display a diagram of the car with a door being opened. You can also turn on the infotainment screen and access some but not all options. The manual has some warning about not plugging things in when the car is off as it could drain the battery.

Is there some physical state the high voltage battery is in when the car is 'started' that's different to the state it's in when it's 'off'? Does it have some effect on wear when the battery cycles between those states too often?

This issue came up when they were thinking of buying a dash cam. The dashcam was designed mainly for

Trying to wrap my head around OCPP and what it would mean to me personally if I had an EV and bought a wall charger for it. My understanding is that it would be mostly irrelevant for my needs. It could theoretically be helpful if trying to integrate it in to a Solar Energy system but otherwise for a home consumer I don't totally understand what the benefit might be.

One mentioned benefit is that if you use software with your charger to control certain functions and that software provider goes bust, you won't be left high and dry. Initially I interpreted 'software' to mean the app for a smartphone for controlling the charger for things like scheduled charging, or setting a maximum charge or maybe setting different power levels of charge. If the company that sold me the inverter and by extension provided the app, went out of business, that would be bad in terms of the app eventually becoming obsolete and that seemingly would make the idea of OCPP compliant wallboxes attractive, however

Could you imagine the uproar if a major airport parking garage collapsed because of a fire started by an EV? Yet with a diesel . . . not a single call in the press to "Ban ICE cars from multistory car parks . . ."

cross-posted from: https://fosstodon.org/users/spiritedpause/statuses/111521759373781208

Electric vehicles and hybrids grow to a record-high 18% of U.S. light-duty vehicle sales

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61004

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Quite a report…

It's just a matter of time before the VW group announces a partnership with Tesla Energy as well.

Really looking forward to the EX30 and the effect it has on under manufacturers. Hopefully they can maintain the promised pricing structure.

Interesting that Texas of all places is the first to do this.

Next domino to fall in the CCS is dead ideology.

Additional source: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-nacs-north-american-standard/