The summer season is full of challenges not only for humans but also for your beloved car. As soon as the summer knocks, reports of fire in vehicles also start coming. The reason for this is often some common mistakes of car owners.
Knowingly or unknowingly people do some such negligence, which increases the risk of fire and your car can burn to ashes in a moment. Due to this, you may have to suffer heavy loss of both life and property. Especially in the case of electric cars, it is important to take some special precautions.
Electric car battery
The battery given in electric cars is very sensitive. Many states of India experience severe heat, and sometimes the temperature reaches 45 to 50 degrees. In such places, it becomes very important to take proper care of the electric car. Keeping this in mind, we are telling you here about two such big mistakes, that you should not make at all with your electric car in the summer season.
Never charge your electric car battery to 100%
You should never charge your electric car battery to 100 percent. Lithium-ion batteries work best when they are charged between 30% and 80%. If the battery is continuously fully charged, its capacity decreases and it also becomes stressed.
However, nowadays the battery management system has become so good that when the battery is fully charged, the charging process stops automatically, but still keeping it on charging for a long time has a bad effect on the battery life and the battery starts deteriorating slowly. If the battery is charged in this way in summer, the risk of fire increases even more.
Never charge the electric car in direct sunlight
You should avoid charging your electric car in direct sunlight. The temperature of the battery increases during charging. If you charge your electric car by parking it in the sun, the temperature of the battery can increase even more.
Due to high temperatures, the battery life may be reduced and its capacity may also decrease. Due to this, not only the range may be reduced, but the chances of fire may also increase. During the summer season, you should charge your electric car by parking it in a shady place instead of in direct sunlight. This small precaution is very important for both your car and your safety.