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Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold | Electrek (electrek.co)

submitted 10 months ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can buy a lithium car battery these days. Expensive as all get out, but you can get one.

[–] sizzler@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.works 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

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