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Medieval times.

Heading off on a 165 mile adventure this morning. Car is at full and saying range of 271. which must be taking account of the weather, currently -2, but no snow. That's a drop from WLTP of 302. Once the heater goes on that will drop considerably as no heat pump, and the heating will obviously be...

I don't know.

Well if your guys hadn't allied with France.......... :D

Building quality built cars that last doesn't seem to have done Toyota any harm as a business.

Without wanting to get political I wish we could get over the idea that this country has been the worst in history and what we have inflicted on countries throughout the world' We were far from the worst European offenders in the 'slave trade' era for example, and we administered our colonies...

Don't forget the average attention span of some seems to have diminished to less than 10 minutes. :unsure: Short and snappy is the modern way. :)

Yes. Same as Tesla or Ionity membership. Easy.

Unfortunately the way the world is currently going I suspect that could be the majority.

These things never happen until they happen. First time in my EV life the boot hadn't shut properly and overnight drained the 12v. Had the booster in the frunk thankfully.

Fascinating. I know comparatively little technically about how hybrids work so followed your lead and did a tiny bit of digging. It appears they do have a dedicated 12v but it is contained within the HV battery assembly itself. It has a reset button usually near the fuse box, the equivalent of...

Same applies.

Perhaps instead of calling it 'member of the month' it should be the 'profuse poster of the month'. Maybe not so much a desirable achievement. :)

That's interesting, who are the pioneers doing this already ? 12V batteries are the Achilles heel of EVs.

So the only purpose of the 12V is to start the car ! Well, well, well. Manufacturers may as well abandon the 12V battery, leave the car permanently in ready state but with some form of security required, such as a key or code etc, to engage drive modes.

So are you saying that once the car is in ready state you could disconnect the 12v and the car would still run with the DC/DC operating all the ancillary equipment ?

You have a very early sunrise ! In Leeds sun up is 08:23 on both those days and sunset is 15:50 and 15:59. (We are in the period of the latest sunrises in the year) Come the end of January it will still be light (just) at 5pm.

That's a lot of leccy, about 15 days of our normal usage. :D (We do have gas CH though unfortunately.)

If this were the case what purpose does the 12V aux serve other than starting the car ? From the interweb conflicting versions: In an electric vehicle (EV), accessories like lights and windscreen wipers are powered by a standard 12V auxiliary battery, similar to those found in petrol and...

Is that correct ? I thought that the 12V battery supplied all the 12V functionality to the dash display. wipers, lights etc whenever they were on and the DC/DC converter merely supplied the power to the 12V aux battery. So the battery would be discharging and charging when driving. I am happy to...