Battery Tips
Range anxiety used to be a consumer problem. Now it's becoming a service department problem. As more electric vehicles roll past their warranty periods and into service bays, technicians and service advisors are dealing with a growing number of range complaints from...
If you’ve been around at least a few electric vehicles, you’ve probably noticed they behave differently when parked compared to traditional vehicles. Modern EVs don’t just sit idle when you walk away. They enter what’s called a “sleep state,” a power management mode...
If you've ever opened the hood on a heavy-duty diesel truck or RV and found two batteries staring back at you, you know dual-battery setups don't play by the same rules as single-battery systems. For accurate testing, proper diagnosis, and preventing those dreaded...
Picture that a customer walks into your dealership, signs the papers on their dream car, and drives off the lot with that new-car glow. Three days later, they’re back, frustrated and stuck in a parking lot with a dead battery. That’s not exactly the ownership...
Ask any EV owner in Minnesota or Michigan about winter driving, and you'll hear the same story: that impressive 300-mile summer range drops to 200 miles or less when temperatures plunge. The fact is that cold batteries simply don't cooperate in the same way. Battery...