Rivian owners have designed an adapter kit to replace the proprietary 12-volt lead-acid batteries in their vehicles with cheaper, off-the-shelf parts. A complementary solution could also allow keeping ...

Cars, trucks, RVs, and motorhomes run dual 12-volt batteries for various reasons. Depending on how you wire a two-battery 12-volt system, the result can be a 12-volt system or a 24-volt system—or even ...

Outsiders might not know that electric cars still have lowly 12-volt (usual lead-acid) batteries on board to power the vehicle's 12-volt systems, but they do and Musk wants that to change with the ...

Rivian has yet another 12-volt battery issue, this time on the Gen 2 R1S and R1T vehicles. Owners report that an aluminum bracket holding the battery in place corrodes after only a few months, ...

As electric vehicles slowly start to gain traction in the market, issues related to EV architecture also are starting to gain traction. In the last year, we’ve seen major recalls from Ford and GM for ...

Auxiliary battery drain is a fairly common issue on some electric vehicles, unfortunately, and the Toyota bZ4X – and likely its Subaru Solterra twin – may be a part of this club. While having a bZ4X ...