Things to remember after Purchasing an Electric Vehicle

 

Things to remember after Purchasing an Electric Vehicle

In India, electric two-wheeler industry is booming, more and more people are shifting to electric two wheelers due to increased petrol cost and government incentives on electric vehicles. Since electric vehicles are new to everyone and there are following things which are required to be kept in mind while purchasing an electric vehicle.

1.      Charge the vehicle up to Hours as recommended by OEM (Original equipment manufacturer):-

Whenever you buy a vehicle, do ask the dealer or any technical expert available there for no. of hours for which vehicle is required to charge and do ask for auto cut of electric supply after charging the vehicle. Don’t over charge your vehicle beyond that point even though there will be auto cut of point as some times auto cut off doesn’t work and that may damage your vehicle.  

2.      Always purchase OEM recommended charger, Cable:-

Although supplier do provide the charger along with cable for charging for vehicle as free of cost with vehicle. But you have doubly check before leaving the dealer as sometimes they might give you other chargers which are recommended for other OEMs vehicles.

Also, check for correct voltage range required for the charger for charging of vehicles and do check for the same from where you are going to charge your vehicle. Always charge the vehicle from the stable voltage source as fluctuating voltages may damage your charger and lower down the life of battery of vehicle.

3.      Always store the charger in dry place:-

Electric chargers are having electronic circuits for always store the charger at dry place and pack the charger properly do not pack the charger the in hurry as charger is lifeline of your vehicle.

4.      Charge your vehicle regularly even when not in use:-

As in case of petrol/ Diesel vehicles where you have to start the vehicle after 3-4 days even when it is not use for charging the battery of vehicle, similar is the case with electric vehicles. Electric vehicles required extra precaution as battery is main source for driving the vehicle and if vehicle is not charged at regular intervals then battery might go into deep discharge and which required extra effort for charging the vehicle.

5.      Don’t immediate rush of charging of vehicle when battery is too hot:-

When keep on driving your vehicle for long distance and your vehicle battery get heated up in that scenario do not rush of charging the vehicle, do wait for some time so that battery get cooled off thereafter only you can put the vehicle on charge. As sometime putting the vehicle on charging when battery is already overheated it may damage the battery and even damage the vehicle.

6.      Regular maintenance of vehicles:-

Although there isn’t huge maintenance requirement in electric vehicle but there are following which are required to do on regular basis for smooth functioning and increased mileage from your vehicle;-

(a)    Maintain tyre pressure in vehicle.

(b)   Clean battery in every 2-3 days so that there will not any deposits at battery terminals.

(c)    Don’t carry extra weight on your vehicle.

(d)   Power off your vehicle when not in use.

(e)   Switch off your vehicle at red lights.

(f)     Keep lubricating moving parts of vehicle.

7.      Don’t try to full charge the battery every time:-

Always charge the battery to 90-95% as 100% charging will required lot of time and even consume lot of electricity while charging from 95% to 100%. This doesn’t implies that you do not charge the battery to 100%, when you are going for long distances than do charge the battery to 100%. Battery chargers are designed in such a way that they will charge your vehicle form 30% to 80% more quicker than from 80% to 100%.