Iâm not a car person, so excuse my lack of knowledge. But do electric cars have/need cooling liquid?
full tank đ
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fer0n@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
zurohki@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Some have cooling liquid for the battery and electrical components. Some blow cold air over the battery.
And then thereâs the Nissan Leaf, which just lets the battery cook, knowing that it probably wonât die before the warranty is up.
Though itâs a bit more complicated than that - sometimes you want to heat the battery or the passenger cabin, and sometimes you want to heat one thing while cooling the other. A good thermal control system can handle moving heat around as well as getting rid of it or taking it from the surrounding air.
18107@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Most electric cars have battery cooling, but the Nissan Leaf doesnât. It works fine until you try rapid charging more than 2 times in one day.
I suspect that some high performance cars would also have motor and inverter cooling. This would likely not be needed for regular road cars as the motor and inverter donât produce much heat.
Fogle@lemmy.ca â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
This is true however for op itâs not something you can or need to watch or keep track of. At least for my car if it detects something wrong with the battery cooling/heating system it will tell you. Otherwise you just ignore it.
nogrub@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
yes an electric motor has an efficiency of around 90%(thats what my engeneering teacher told us)(google tells me 64%) means that is the percentage of how much energy is converted to work the rest of that is emmited as heat
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Yes, almost all do. Except for the nissan leaf.
Noito@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
I have a hybrid Prius (not a full EV) and it actually has two separate coolant reservoirs, one for the gas engine and one for the electric motor, and they both use the same kind of coolant.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Powered by Stirling?
son_named_bort@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
You have a full tank? That is so hot.
Th4tGuyII@kbin.social â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
It's alright, it's a coal-fired car, it's meant to be hot!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Hooray! Another tank full of destroying the climate!
mojo@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Hey buddy, Iâll gladly swap to electric if youâre willing to foot the bill!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Itâs the part about being happy about it that I donât like. I drive a hybrid, but thatâs about saving money more than anything. Iâm not happy to see the tank at full. It just reminds me of my contribution to making things worse.
fer0n@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Hopeful theyâll get cheaper quickly
nogrub@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
iâll glady swap to electric if the battery technology gets better and dosenât use nickel cobalt and lithium and if you donât know please google pictures of the mines and effects of theese mines
Norgur@kbin.social â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Woosh
nogrub@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
this picture pains me because my car had an cooland leak sad me noises
radioactiveradio@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Red isnât always badâŚbut this one tho.
Setnof@feddit.de â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Poor e39âŚ
Norgur@kbin.social â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
Holup!
Gestrid@lemmy.ca â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
D:
yum13241@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
NoooooooooâŚ
ilost7489@lemmy.ca â¨2⊠â¨years⊠ago
No brakes, no coolant, no problem