How to Jump-Start Your EV’s Dead Battery
If you’ve ever had to jump-start a gas-powered car, then you know it’s a pretty straightforward process: find a car that’s still running, hook a couple of jumper cables from the functioning battery to the dead one and start the other car. But for electric vehicles (“EVs”), which run on rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs rather than an internal combustion engine, the process is a little different.
While it is common knowledge that electric vehicles rely on a high-voltage battery pack for their power needs, not everyone knows that EVs also have an additional 12-volt battery similar to the one under the hood of a conventional vehicle. And just like with petrol and diesel-powered cars, your EV will be unable to start if this battery loses charge.
Save for a few safety concerns due to the nature of an EV, jump-starting your electric car is quite simple as well. For starters, never attempt to jump-start the high-voltage lithium-ion battery that provides power to your vehicle’s electric motor. Additionally, you cannot use one EV to jump-start another vehicle. In an article for Kelly Blue Book, Chris Hardesty says that an electric vehicle’s charging points are only designed to jump-start the car itself, not give another vehicle juice.
Finally, make sure the vehicle you use to jump-start the dead car has a 12-volt battery equipped with a negative grounding system, such as the ones found in gas-powered vehicles.
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s take a look at what you have to do to get your EV’s 12-volt battery going again. First, position the two vehicles so that their batteries are close together but the cars aren’t touching. Engage the parking brakes, and ensure every light and accessory in both vehicles is turned off.
Now take out your jumper cables, clamp one end of the red positive cable (+) to the dead battery’s positive terminal and the other end of the positive cable to the good battery’s positive terminal. Then clamp one end of the black negative cable (-) to the negative terminal of the good battery and the other end to the dead battery’s grounding point. Check that the clamps have solid metal-to-metal contact with the charging points and battery terminals, and ensure that the cables are away from both vehicles’ moving parts.
Once you have confirmed that the clamps have good contact and the cables are clear and won’t get snagged by moving parts, start the car with the good battery. This should be enough to jump-start your EV’s 12-volt battery, and you can now start it.
As the EV models brought to market by various sector players such as Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) become more common, motorists will have access to a growing amount of information regarding how to maintain their electric vehicles.
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/NETE
Please see full terms of use and disclaimers on the Green Car Stocks website applicable to all content provided by GCS, wherever published or re-published: https://www.GreenCarStocks.com/Disclaimer
If you’ve ever had to jump-start a gas-powered car, then you know it’s a pretty straightforward process: find a car that’s still running, hook a couple of jumper cables from the functioning battery to the dead one and start the other car. But for electric vehicles (“EVs”), which run on rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs rather than an internal combustion engine, the process is a little different.
While it is common knowledge that electric vehicles rely on a high-voltage battery pack for their power needs, not everyone knows that EVs also have an additional 12-volt battery similar to the one under the hood of a conventional vehicle. And just like with petrol and diesel-powered cars, your EV will be unable to start if this battery loses charge.
Save for a few safety concerns due to the nature of an EV, jump-starting your electric car is quite simple as well. For starters, never attempt to jump-start the high-voltage lithium-ion battery that provides power to your vehicle’s electric motor. Additionally, you cannot use one EV to jump-start another vehicle. In an article for Kelly Blue Book, Chris Hardesty says that an electric vehicle’s charging points are only designed to jump-start the car itself, not give another vehicle juice.
Finally, make sure the vehicle you use to jump-start the dead car has a 12-volt battery equipped with a negative grounding system, such as the ones found in gas-powered vehicles.
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s take a look at what you have to do to get your EV’s 12-volt battery going again. First, position the two vehicles so that their batteries are close together but the cars aren’t touching. Engage the parking brakes, and ensure every light and accessory in both vehicles is turned off.
Now take out your jumper cables, clamp one end of the red positive cable (+) to the dead battery’s positive terminal and the other end of the positive cable to the good battery’s positive terminal. Then clamp one end of the black negative cable (-) to the negative terminal of the good battery and the other end to the dead battery’s grounding point. Check that the clamps have solid metal-to-metal contact with the charging points and battery terminals, and ensure that the cables are away from both vehicles’ moving parts.
Once you have confirmed that the clamps have good contact and the cables are clear and won’t get snagged by moving parts, start the car with the good battery. This should be enough to jump-start your EV’s 12-volt battery, and you can now start it.
As the EV models brought to market by various sector players such as Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) become more common, motorists will have access to a growing amount of information regarding how to maintain their electric vehicles.
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/NETE
Please see full terms of use and disclaimers on the Green Car Stocks website applicable to all content provided by GCS, wherever published or re-published: https://www.GreenCarStocks.com/Disclaimer
