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It is entirely possible for a BEV to not have a 12V battery. My motorcycle in my avatar is a BEV that does not have a 12V battery. When keyed on, the DC-DC converter is fired up and it then has 12V for all the lights and accessories.Rather than wait here I figured I'd go to the horse's mouth, or as close to it as I could get anyway so I went to chat. When I asked about the 12 V battery the answer I got was that they don't have one so I then asked how, for example, were the windshield wipers powered I got the answer that such information was not currently available but that they automatically adjusted for the rain rate. When I asked for assurance that there was no 12 V battery she replied that if she did a search on it she got no results. So maybe the Rivians will supply the low voltage loads with a DC/DC converter and not a battery. Or maybe there will be a battery. I didn't learn anything from the chat.
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