https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/693d3ccc-a3cd-4e95-b22a-c351fe8d2925 Nikki's spent the last few weeks fighting off a cold. Now that she's finally feeling better, she's been taking her HMP Lightning MK II, Diànmǔ (电母), out on weekly errands and trips. First, though, Diànmǔ's battery pack had to go to HMP Bikes' San Francisco headquarters for a swap, after it suddenly decided to play possum. The pack read a healthy 84.7 V, but its BMS? Dead to the world. So today, with the sun out, she heads into Portland, does battle with a terribly incompetent AI phone assistant at OpConnect, and has her day saved by the very thing that made the repair so quick and easy: a swappable, removable battery pack. Full shownotes, links, and transcript at: https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/10/15/possum-battery-our-hmp-lightning-mk-ii-played-dead-heres-our-fix/ ⏱️ Chapter Breakdown: 00:00 - Introduction 00:57 - What happened? We're not ENTIRELY sure 05:25 - It's been a day of everything going wrong! 06:45 - Nikki baits AI 09:12 - The faff of finding Level 2 charging that works! 12:25 - Nikki got a small chance to check out the Flash 14:19 - Even with the battery failure, it's still incredibly good fun 17:43 - Thanks, and goodbye! 🏍️ Diànmǔ's story so far: ▶️ Nikki's Got ANOTHER Lightning — Meet the HMP Electric Motorcycle - https://peertube.tv/w/bLhDJig5ayxdmeYBsE4yJK ▶️ 500 Miles In – Our HMP Lightning Mk II Is Proving Itself Very Useful! - https://peertube.tv/w/41uGD5bLeJgwRY6Bo3bXoi 👥 Today’s Sponsors 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org 🐕 Little Collie Shepherd - https://littlecollie.com — ✊ Get Involved 🗳️ https://indivisible.org/town-hall-resources ❤️ Support the Show 📰 https://www.transportevolved.com 🔥 https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved ☕ https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved 📺 https://www.youtube.com/transportevolved 👕 https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ 🛍️ https://amzn.to/40xOyjm ₿ BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH 💬 Join the Conversation 🐘 https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show 💬 https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn 💬 https://fluxer.gg/mcj8aehg 🌀 https://bsky.app/profile/transportevolved.bsky.social 🔁 Subscribe to our 2nd channel - https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 🎙️ Credits: Host, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music: "Own It" (Instrumental Version) by ORKAS, Mika Sade & OREL, via Artlist.io - https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/own-it-instrumental-version/6001996 Music: "Got It" (Instrumental Version) by VESHZA, via Artlist.io - https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music/song/got-it-instrumental-version/11284 Video: Chevrolet, Ford, Zero Motorcycles, HMP Bikes Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, openstreetmap.org/copyright Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:17:55 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.tv https://peertube.tv/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/693d3ccc-a3cd-4e95-b22a-c351fe8d2925 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.