This year’s Bus & Coach Expo is almost upon us, and if you work in bus fleet operations or maintenance, it’s well worth a place in your diary. Co-located with the Commercial Vehicle Show, it’s one of the biggest gatherings of road transport professionals in the UK, with hundreds of exhibitors, thousands of industry visitors […]
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You have a car in perfect condition on display. A customer wanders round, seemingly excited and ready to buy. They ask for a test drive. You hand over the keys, knowing the drivetrain is in immaculate condition. But then everything goes wrong. The customer sits in the driver’s seat, puts the key in the ignition,
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In the world of automotive batteries, system testing is checking the condition of your vehicle’s 12-volt (or 24-volt) system. This includes the battery (or batteries), charging system (alternator), and starter motor. To conduct a system test, you need a system tester. This functions in much the same way as a standard battery tester, in that
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You may be looking for information on one of two things, and we’ve included both on this page. Either: Balancing 24-volt systems (connected in series); or Balancing series-connected EV modules/cell groups Both these processes are incredibly important for your fleet operations, although for slightly different reasons. You can learn more about how these processes work
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Your fleet EVs rely on their high-voltage propulsion batteries. They are, quite literally, the driving force. Despite onboard battery management systems (BMSs) helping keep the cells balanced, the cells themselves inevitably degrade over time. On this page, we explain what exactly happens to make your fleet electric cars’ batteries imbalanced, what happens when you balance
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