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Curbing Concerns: EV batteries

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We sat down with battery expert Camilla Møller
to discuss some of internet’s most common myths.

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You risk getting an electric 
shock while driving an EV.

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EVs are not going to give
you an electric shock.

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They are insulated so you
won't have any electricity there.

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You can think of it like your phone,
where they have batteries inside.

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You're perfectly safe. 

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You can drive around the rain
 without getting an electric shock.

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You'll be completely fine.
 We have you covered.

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EV batteries can't be recycled.

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They will just wind up in the landfills.

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Let's definitely not do that. 

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Let's definitely recycle the EV batteries.

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They can be recycled. 

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They're also designed, actually,
to help them in the recycle process.

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So when we're designing the
batteries, we're thinking about

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how they can be serviced. 

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And within that, also, which
components can easily be removed.

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So, how we can take out
components from the EV batteries.

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We think about, in the design process
of EVs, how they can also be recycled.

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So that's all the way down
to the individual cells themselves

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and all the way up to the
larger structural components.

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You can overcharge an EV battery

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by leaving it plugged in for too long.

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You can't overcharge the battery. 

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The battery can only go
up to a certain charging power.

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And our software is there

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to protect you as well.

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So you can leave it plugged
in for as long as you want.

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That's completely fine. 

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The software will make sure the battery
is charged to 100% or to whichever

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limit you set it to. And that
will be completely okay.

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So don't worry.

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Charge your car overnight.

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Leave it and sleep in in the morning.

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You'll be off. You'll be
 completely fine there. 

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You can only use 60% of
an EV battery's capacity

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because it should never be charged
 over 80% or discharged under 20%.

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So, you can definitely utilize
a 100% of your EV battery.

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The recommendation is to go
between the 20 to 80% charge.

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That's mainly because that's
where you get the fastest charging.

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If you go below 20% or above 80% when
you're charging, it's a little bit slower.

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But the battery does fully work under 20%

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and it does work above 80% charge as well. 

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So you're very welcome to
utilize 100% of the range

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or 100% of the capacity that your EV has.

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It's way more dangerous
to collide with an EV

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than a gasoline powered
vehicle because of the battery.

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So first off, EVs are
as safe as a normal car.

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It says here, because of  the battery itself.

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Tthe batteries themselves are
actually thoroughly tested in case of crash.

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So any crash front,
 rear side, they're tested.

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And also in terms of therm propagation,
 they're also tested there to ensure

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that any passengers inside 

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the vehicle have time to get out
 and get into safe distance.

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You can't wash your EV in a car wash

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Okay, so that one is 

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maybe towards EV cars and water.

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So you might remember from
your high school classes,

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the water and electricity don't mix. 

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But don't worry, we have you covered here. 

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You can safely go into car
 wash with your EV.

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You can drive around the rain.
 You can go into a car wash.

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They have the same 
dimensions as most other cars,

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so they do fit into the car wash as well

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if that is your concern.

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And they are water sealed and tight,

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sealed and tight,
 so you are okay to go into a car wash.

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You can keep your ev
 shiny and nice and bright.

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The power grid won't be able to handle
 the EV batteries to come,

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it will be a disaster. 

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So the power grid itself, 

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I don't have too much of a comment on,

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but the EVs themselves

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can be charged at home, at the office,
 at charging stations.

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So you can actually help
 the power grid there as well.

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You can charge outside of peak hours.

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Most people charge their EVs overnight,

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which also is a very good option
 for your for your wallet.

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Electricity tends to be a bit cheaper
 if you go for charging overnight as well.

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And there you're actually
 helping the power grid. 

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You're taking some of the electricity
 that's not needed

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by charging overnight. 

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You can, of course,
 also charge during the peak hours.

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That's completely fine as well. 

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The power grids themselves are able
 to manage the EVs that are out here

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and they're able to manage
 the EVs to come as well.

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. EV Batteries are extremely dangerous.

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They will catch fire and explode.

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or that's definitely not the case. 

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Imagine that. So ev
 batteries are tested. They are safe.

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So, EV batteries are tested.

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They are safe.

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They go through rigorous testing
 to make sure they're safe

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for pedestrians and for passengers

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and that they are safe out on market.

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They don't spontaneously combust. 

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They do need to have a reason
 to go into thermal runaway to catch fire.

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And they are also tested
 so they don't explode.

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They are making sure that you,
 as a passenger inside the vehicle

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and also outside, are safe in case
there are any events that you have time

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to safely evacuate the vehicle
 and get away in a safe distance.

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Then we get into some pretty pictures

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of the beach.

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So I think we're at the end.