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Comment by Kirby64

1 year ago

Low voltage battery death in any EV essentially causes a brick. The only exception is some cars (I think Tesla does this?) keep their contactors closed all the time when the 12v is determined to be failing. It makes the drain at idle much higher, but then at least it can continue moving… as long as you don’t let the HV pack drain…

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