Battery Tips
An electric vehicle that’s been in a collision should sit for a minimum of 30 minutes before anyone on your team works on or near it. And that’s under the best-case scenario. If there’s visible damage to the battery enclosure, signs of a thermal event, or any...
Every service advisor has heard it. You present the battery test results, explain that the battery is testing weak or failing, and recommend a replacement. The customer pauses, looks at you, and says some version of the same thing: “But my car starts fine.” Sometimes...
There are two times a year when battery testing goes from a recommended service item to an absolute front-of-shop priority: the weeks heading into cold weather and the stretch coming out of it. During those windows, vehicle after vehicle rolls in with battery...
A vehicle that’s been sitting for an extended stretch presents a challenge when it’s time to bring it back into service. Whether it’s a seasonal driver that spent the winter in a garage, a fleet unit that was parked during a slow period, or a customer vehicle that sat...
If you’ve been tracking developments in EV battery technology, the acronym LMR has been appearing with increasing frequency over the past year. Researchers have studied lithium manganese-rich chemistry since the 1990s, but it spent decades as a promising concept that...