Lithium Ion Battery Jump Starters

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by Leegamer

Good to know. I don't know a whole lot about teslas, I have pretty much no interest in EVs

Well, you gonna have to change your mind. EV is gonna be the future, although I wish hydrogen fuel cells would have taken the lead. Burn hydrogen, exhaust water.

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[Leegamer]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Well, you gonna have to change your mind. EV is gonna be the future, although I wish hydrogen fuel cells would have taken the lead. Burn hydrogen, exhaust water.

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Nah, I'll find a way.

[myfirstyota]

Originally Posted by Leegamer

Nah, I'll find a way.

Steam engine!

Ev may be the future, bit I don't think gasoline will die before my lifetime. Oil employs way too many people to have it disappear in 10 years. The economy couldn't handle it.

[tmontague]

Originally Posted by komichal

Interesting info. One would expect that they will put some better batteries inside that pack (there must be something considering all those Teslas driving outside in minus temperatures).
I have bought myself solid jumpstart cables - in case I need them there is always a car around where I can beg for 5 minutes of their time. And I have really needed those cables once... when I was asked by a desperate colleague for help. :D

Lithium Ion batteries are used in portable jumpers simply because they are small and light enough to be practical and they pack enough of a punch in that package to jump a car while being affordable. Obviously their downside is their lack of performance in the cold.

That said, the root of my battery issue is my 300mA parasitic draw which I will be diagnosing tonight as it is warming up a bit.

Originally Posted by myfirstyota

Love the idea power and reliability of ev, but just not practical enough for me yet.

agreed, it isn't where it needs to be yet to be practical for most peopl, nor is the pricing. Comparing a small (somewhat decently priced) Volt to a Yaris or Corolla and you are not really saving anything environmentally wise.

I can see my family having one EV as the local town runner/grocery gett'r but beyong that there is no way they are practical for my family and our trips to the cottage summer and winter.

My track car will always be an ICE, way more fun and the ability to customize and tinker plus amazing noise. Take that away and you remove a lot of the fun that comes with motorsports. Look at the issue FormulaE has with their batteries and having to precisely plan out exactly how long they can run for before they switch cars and have to decrease power. It isn't practical to have an EV that you can drive to the track, run hard for a few hours and then take you on a long ride home. Not until thei battery capacity goes way up and charging times severely decrease as well as the amount of charging stations.

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Well, you gonna have to change your mind. EV is gonna be the future, although I wish hydrogen fuel cells would have taken the lead. Burn hydrogen, exhaust water.
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I agree it is the future, but a not so close one. I also do not see it casting ICE's into obsolescence, at least not in my life time. Until Big Oil can replace their profits with something of the electric kind, oil isn't going anywhere. Multi billion dollar corporations have way to much to lose and will do what they need to to keep themselves relevant and profitable. Other industries have already done so, oil is no different and neither are their ethics and morals