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Is long parking time an interesting stat for cars? Anyone I know parking a car for a long time it’s a 4th or 5th car and there are tons of cheap solutions for it.


Depends on the owner's usage patterns... I don't want to be the "television is no friend of mine" guy, but I look forward to a future when jumper cables are basically obsolete.


Lithium ion jumper batteries have already made them obsolete.


Wait, what? I just jumped my car yesterday with cables. What is a lithium ion jumper battery? Is that something in newer cars?


Well, it isn't an integral part of the cars or anything. It is basically a chonky powerbank that can jumpstart a car.


It's exactly like having a separate car battery and jumper cables. Except with a relatively small lithium-ion battery bank rather than a traditional car battery.

Random example, no affiliation: https://no.co/products/power/jumpstarters


Sure, if it hasn't been sitting in your trunk for 6 months and all the charge leaked down.


BEV for such rarely used car is wasting energy and materials. ICE is best option for such use.


Agreed, it’s a weird flex




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