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…