Car companies, starting with Volvo last summer, have laid out plans to electrify entire lineups of vehicles. But the fine print makes it clear that the coming decade and beyond will focus not just on massive battery packs powering electric motors, but also on adding a little extra juice to the venerable internal combustion engine.
Increasingly, that juice will arrive in the form of new electrical systems built to a 48-volt standard, instead of the 12-volt systems that have dominated since the 1950s. Simpler than Prius-type drivetrains and less expensive than Tesla-scale battery power, the new electrical architecture both satisfies the demands of cars made more power hungry by their gadget load and enables the use of lower-cost hybrid drive systems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/business/electric-cars-48-volts.html
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @02:45AM (4 children)
And how old are you? I suppose me and all the other dopes who got zapped trying to jump a car are all some weird-ass special physical anomalies?
(Score: 2) by sjames on Monday February 26 2018, @04:11AM
Apparently so. Or you're just over-sensitive to a mild tingle when your hands are wet.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday February 26 2018, @04:33AM
If you got an actual shock with a 12V battery, you must have been stupid enough to do it in the rain.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @04:38AM
How does one get zapped trying to jump a car? Are you connecting to the ignition coil? I have exploded batteries jumping cars, but never got "zapped". Exactly how young are you? And, admit it, you have never jumpstarted a car, because there was electricity and it was too scary, right?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @09:18PM
Hooked up the wrong terminal first? Dumbass! If you get zapped jumping a car, you have no business popping the hood.