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Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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In some ways, it's a lot easier than swapping an engine. In other ways, it's harder.

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[โ€“] dorkage@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Except my RAV4 Prime ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Refrigerant into the battery for some unknown reason.

[โ€“] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because the battery is cooled!

[โ€“] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But batteries are cooled with coolants.

[โ€“] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] dorkage@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyone uses coolant not refrigerant which requires a license to touch

[โ€“] artyom@piefed.social -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not correct. Many batteries are cooled with refrigerant.

[โ€“] dorkage@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who else is putting refrigerant directly into the battery?

Every other battery teardown I have seen is coolant into the battery.

[โ€“] artyom@piefed.social -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty much all of them? It's called a battery chiller. Have yourself a web search.

[โ€“] dorkage@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

That is not using refrigerant in the battery directly.

The coolant is chilled with the refrigerant external to the battery and then that chilled refrigerant is cycled through the battery. It is a much better design.

Have yourself a web search.