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Next they'll be stealing batteries

Happened to me, great way to test the alarm.

50,000kms on a ZS here, still original tyres

It's happened to me when i had the spare key in the glovebox

Mine had the left rear window open randomly while driving recently.

Thank you. 5yrs and counting in my off grid system :)

My Chinese batteries are awesome

I wonder if it would help if you coated them with extra hot chili sauce.

Once the floor mat stopped me from getting full throttle, I thought there was something seriously wrong with the car until I realised that

Sorry I have a sense of humor 🤣 You would be surprised how many people tell me I "should" be able to put an alternator on my electric car to recharge the battery while driving so I never need to charge it.

I really like the 12V monitoring capability of a Victron 75/15 mppt, shows 30 days history with daily highest & lowest voltages. I think it's good practice to change the 12V battery at the first sign of weakness, as others have stated, carry a lithium jump starter to get you out of trouble. If...

Okay, my grid feed AC power varies depending on time of day, i see 219V at night and up to 252V during the day when everyone's solar is feeding the grid. Agreed 700W @ 2kW does seem savage. I think it would be hard to challenge that point with the service centre unless the AC charging system...

The tailgate on my ZS will not latch-closed when the spare key is in the glovebox. It shuts and then pops open again.

I've observed a few different charge rates between 1.5-3.4kW at different SOC/temperature/etc. It seems to wander between 68-86% efficiency with 230-700W loss.

It's quite normal to have some efficiency/heat losses during an electrical charging process. Typically more power is consumed from the grid than what reaches your HV battery. That would imply that it's charging at 80% efficiency at that given point in time. I intend to do the same from a...