Frequently Asked Questions
With the Smart-SLI™ technology in your vehicle battery, the battery has a built-in standby mode and the ability to detect adverse conditions that would drain the battery and prevent the vehicle from starting.
When you are ready to drive your vehicle and it will not start, you can use your smartphone to communicate with your car battery to wake it up from the standby mode and boost the battery.
Your car battery will communicate with you on the Smart-SLI smartphone app with the progress of the battery boost and when the battery is fully ready to start your car. You can then proceed with starting the vehicle and be on your way.
Smart-SLI app ONLY works with vehicles that have a Battery with Smart-SLI™ technology.
If your vehicle battery goes dead or drains too much, you may need a new battery as soon as possible.
With the Smart-SLI app you can check if –
In case the battery is close to or beyond its intended life, it should be replaced within a few weeks or months.
In case the problem is due to the battery not holding charge, the battery should be replaced immediately.
In an unfortunate event that both your car’s and cell phone’s battery is dead, if you can access the vehicle battery that has Smart-SLITM technology, you can start boosting the battery from the ‘Battery Boost’ button available on the battery itself. After you press the ‘Battery Boost’ button, an LED located on the battery will start blinking. Wait till the blinking LED turns solid to start your vehicle.
Smart-SLI app is compatible with both iPhone and Android devices.
No. The Smart-SLI™ technology battery complies with BCI group sizes recommended for each vehicle.
A battery with Smart-SLITM technology has the same life as the ordinary battery with similar chemistry.
Currently the focus of the Smart-SLITM technology has been for lead acid battery chemistry. Future versions of the battery will be available for Lithium ion batteries.
This technology works in freezing temperatures as long as the battery is not beyond its intended life or completely dead or frozen.
In very cold temperatures, as long as the battery is not frozen or dead and has some charge left – not enough to start an engine, the Smart-SLITM technology would boost the battery.
Additionally, depending upon the battery age and the charge status, the Smart-SLI app will provide an insight and alert to the driver in case the battery is not charged enough to prevent the situation where the car doesn’t start the next day. The drivers can run the car engine for some additional time to charge the battery. Today, this insight is not available in any other battery.
For consumer benefits, the technology has been optimized to keep the size and the cost of the battery low. For the best and reliable boosting performance, the boosting time is computed by the Smart-SLITM technology based on the battery age, weather condition and a host of other factors.
No. The Smart-SLITM technology does not impede the current recycling ability of the ordinary lead acid batteries.
This is in fact all Lead-Acid Battery just like any other lead acid battery with additional proprietary electronics making it world’s most advanced starter battery. It has all the characteristics of a standard lead acid starter battery but with many more features including the extraordinary Battery Boost feature that you have seen working just now.
Any lead acid starter battery can be quickly converted into a Smart-SLI battery with our technology.
Apart from the extraordinary Battery Boosting feature, thru its App interface a battery with Smart-SLI™ technology provides additional insightful features as follows:
Starting Problem Diagnostics
When a vehicle has a starting problem, many times, the Battery is in good condition but the fault lies elsewhere. The Smart-SLI app provides this valuable diagnostic, saving time and money for the vehicle owner.
Emergency Backup Power for Digital Key Technology
Some Auto manufacturers are introducing “Digital Key Technology” to replace a car key with a cell phone technology. In case the car’s battery is completely drained for some reason, the car door cannot be unlocked. In such an emergency situation, Battery Boost backup power feature on Smart-SLI app comes to the rescue and becomes a necessity rather than an option.
Emergency Backup Power for Remote Trunk Unlock
Many car owners carry a Jump Starter or a Battery Booster in the car trunk for emergency backup power in case the car battery is drained. For many cars, ironically, when the car battery is low or dead, the trunk cannot be unlocked and a Jump Starter cannot be accessed. With a Battery Boost feature on Smart-SLI app, this issue is resolved in no time.
There are other features like check battery voltage, check charging voltage, low battery alert, battery end-of-life replacement notification, parasitic drain and few more.
We get this question a lot as most people aren’t aware that all electric vehicles also have a 12 volt battery that, if low or dead, cannot start the electric vehicle even if the main high voltage battery on the vehicle is fully charged. Smart-SLITM technology works very well with the 12 volt battery of electric cars.
Additionally, with a Digital Key technology which is gaining popularity day by day, if a twelve volt battery is low or dead, one cannot unlock the car. That applies to both internal combustion engine vehicles as well as electric vehicles. With Smart-SLI, we don’t have to worry about that problem.
A battery with Smart-SLI™ technology is a next generation solution for the topmost vehicle breakdown, is elegant, most convenient and cost effective.
Battery Chargers and Jump Starters on the other hand are not always available with all the drivers, involve inconvenience, hassle and are not suitable for everyday drivers.