Balazs Varhelyi

EV driver since 2017
classic car fan

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

Nagyon megérintett ez az ügy - kérlek írd alá Te is! https://t.co/zThiGHZEuK via @szabadahang

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@hjwakerley Not a bad choice after all

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

Ok that's roughly 356k net that is 29.7k pcm. Some people work for less in a whole year.

[The Way of Jerz @TheJerzWay]

British consultant billing £650K/year.

HMRC took £287K.

His plan: "I'll become a non-dom."

Non-dom rules got gutted in 2025.

We moved him to Dubai.

No personal income tax.

He invoices through a US LLC.
Banks in Singapore.
Assets in a Nevis trust.

From £287K in tax to £0.

His old accountant said "you'll get caught."

Caught doing what? Being legal?

[Bryn, Muppet Enthusiast @Brynbikes]

@ListerLawrence So what you're saying you actually get the real Ranger Rover experience, even at that price?

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@car_tortenet A Zsiguli/Lada hiány oka: '71 nyarán futott be az első szállítmány.

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@DeadCarWalking
Beside me is my successor.

[InvestorFromEurope @TheDealMakerGuy]

The most perfect Polish smile in history captured

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@DeadCarWalking The engine. Classmate's dad used one as a Taxi in the early 90's. Rust won finally but the engine was still ticking

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@graeme_cobb The next stop:

[O̷̷R̷̷C̷̷I̷̷N̷̷U̷̷S̷̷ O̷̷R̷̷C̷̷A̷̷ 🫍 @OrcinusOrca1985]

🚩🚩🚩🚩

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

Remélhetőleg akkor egy korszak lezárult, és már csak viccelődve fogunk emlékezni rájuk.

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

Fideszesek spotiján itt az első helyezett.

Егор Летов - Всё идёт по плану. https://t.co/raUcpV3apE

[Gary Martin @modernheroestv]

You’re not supposed to copy the reliability lads

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@car_tortenet Volt honnan inspirálódni.

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@graeme_cobb Is this with CCS finally? And what's the charging rate on DC?

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@gombapresszo rakuszkó, érted?

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Fun bit of Austrian trivia: The word for "Austria" in most European languages refers to the "Eastern Empire". The Czechs however reference the name of a castle near the border. Source: https://t.co/oDQZGiqn0V

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@doncidomper @DesolateHun Ez olyan kb., hogy valójában a nyugat és az oroszok háborúznak, az ukránok csak a helyszínt biztosítják hozzá.

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

@Mr_Husky1 Off the Florida Keys, there's a place called Kokomo
That's where you want to go to get away from it all

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

Happy Valentine's! ;)

[Balazs Varhelyi @vhb1978]

Mindeközben a Stellantis meg a többiek átgondolják az EV stratégiájukat. @ninokarotta

[EV Clinic @evclinic]

🇺🇸A250e W177 Mercedes Plug-in Hybrid (2023) with a contactor counter zeroed at 20,000 km.
This is an error we have encountered on all EV and hybrid vehicles since models dating back to 2010, which officially requires replacement of the entire battery system. In this specific case, for a customer from Milan, Italy, the cost exceeds €8,000, with the old battery required to be recycled and a new one manufactured—even though the cells themselves are fully functional.

The error cannot be cleared using OBD tools, not even with Vediamo / DTS Monaco engineering tools, because there is no command available to reset the counter. Consequently, even the highest level of authorized service using Xentry cannot reset it. The BMS system is similar to those used in the Smart 453, EQC, and other Mercedes-Benz hybrids.

Very often, this issue is actually a firmware bug: for example, a weak 12V battery can cause a 5V power glitch that corrupts the EEPROM, or the system may detect a fault that does not actually exist (as seen on the 453 EQ, for example, where after error “driving not possible” and after towing the vehicle later drives normally again).

We opened the battery, identified a possible root cause, restored the battery, and performed an SPC processor firmware recovery. The vehicle started again, with the contactor counter error cleared. The method is invasive and requires a programmer. The cells are healthy, the vehicle continues to operate, the owner was spared €8,000 in costs, and miners were “saved” from digging new cobalt.

Part numbers:
A1773402100, A7899013201, A1779007708, Accumotive GmbH

Error:
P1D2800 – The frequency counter “Switching cycles of contactors” of the high-voltage battery module has reached its final value.

OEM: 8000€
EVC: 2000€

EV Clinic saved around ~2 t CO₂. Dear OEM, we can expand and solve your problem of sustainability!

EV Clinic R&D labs capable of battery recovery:
Zagreb, Ljubljana, Berlin, Belgrade