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Don't let your electric car stop for too long-
By the time you come back, it may have turned into a $200,000 brick.
Electric car maker Tesla defended his car's claim that it would fail if the battery was fully discharged.
This causes the cost of battery replacement to be about 1-
Fifth, the car is priced at $206,000.
Tesla owners in the United States parked vehicles in places where the battery is not enough
Only a week.
I found that their car had become "bricks" that could not be re-built"charged.
Jay McCormack, Tesla Australia's national sales and marketing manager, said battery maintenance was part of the company's customer handover and the car issued some warnings about the need for charging.
"We explain the suggestion to maintain the battery through the customer ownership experience," he said . "
Like all cars, they need a certain amount of maintenance.
For us, electric cars should be plugged in and charged when not in use, this is to get maximum performance, all batteries will be damaged when they are at low level for a long time, any cost over a week is kept at zero.
"Although there is currently only one electric vehicle for sale in Australia, Mitsubishi's small I-
Miev, with several new models coming out this year, will soon be a steady stream. The i-
MiEV and it are covered by the company's 10-year or 100,000 km power system warranty, but the products that the company calls "main power (traction) batteries" are only covered for five years or 100,000 km.
Ashley Sanders, product manager for Mitsubishi electric vehicles, said I MiEV is unlikely to have problems with Tesla.
"We are fundamentally
Different designs from Tesla, our understanding is that they don't have the same 12-
The Volt system is like what we do in the car, our car is from 12-volt battery.
"In terms of the main traction battery, in terms of lithium
Ion battery if you make it completely zeroed, it will effectively turn into a brick, except that we already have a system that does not allow this to happen for a long time, he said: "years, not weeks or months. ".
Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle has a clause under its US warranty detailing what is not covered
Due to "leaving the vehicle for more than 14 days, lithium-
The ion battery reaches zero or close-
Zero charge state.
Nissan Australia spokesman Jeff Fisher said there was no battery problem with the Leaf.
"We have a situation, 12-
The Volt battery is dead, lithium.
The ion battery is low, we replaced 12-
Volt lets the system reboot-line," he said.
"There will be a series of warnings before the main drive battery is too low, and then it will become lame --
Family mode, you have to be very careless to get into this situation --
"Production of cars will also face a series of warnings," he said . ".
Holden's Volt uses batteries-
The electric motor drives the wheel, but there is a gasoline engine on the car that is fully capable of charging and expanding the battery.
Holden's spokesman, Emily Perry, said Volt's transmission system would not be affected by such problems.
"The battery has a buffer at the low end of the charging state to prevent the battery from fully discharging," she said . ".
In the United States, Tesla retorted that "all cars need a certain degree of owner care. "The all-
Electric car companies also say their cars are cheap.
Charging (below 5%) warning, but for maximum performance, electric vehicles should be plugged in and charged when not in use.
"Tesla batteries can remain unplugged for a few weeks (or even months) without reaching zero charging," the company said in a statement . ".