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Originally Posted by Ryland
They use lead acid batteries because they are required by law to have a wet cell battery to power the lights, lithium batteries are dry cell batteries and there for do not qualify.
The lead battery has now become the unreliable part in running the lights, the traction battery "shorting out" is almost unheard of and if the traction battery shorts out having hazard lights that work is the least of your problems.
When I have more time I'll dig up the exact law and quote it to you if you want.
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No need to dig up the law.
I already posted that my previous statement was wrong, because I thought we were discussing the primary battery pack, not the auxiliary pack.
But even with that being said, The car owner doesn't have to keep it.
Its only a 35ah battery, so it could easily be replaced with a lighter smaller footprint battery of LiPo or LiFePO4 technology. You could even replace it with a larger capacity LiFePO4 battery (or 2) so that you would reduce or avoid 12V dc battery charging issues.