Helped the stepdaughter with her Corolla Cross in Vancouver last week. Wouldn't start and gave a horrendous menu of error messages. AWD not functional, brake power low, various other malfunctions blah blah blah, take to dealer immediately, etc.
I thought it could be just a low battery but didn't have a way to check things out. The tow truck driver thought the same and said he sees these on calls all the time, every brand has its own menu of horribleness when the battery gets low, ironically everything but 'low battery'
Toyota told her it takes 40 minutes to charge up a battery fully after a start and gave a bit of a lecture on putting a trickle charger on it occasionally. Turned out the battery did have a defective cell and Toyota changed it out under warranty
That being said, she doesn't drive a lot and I bought her a trickle charger and wired it in
A few thoughts
-some sort of battery level gauge on modern vehicles would be handy. An iPhone has one, why not a car? And maybe an actual 'low battery' message rather than an exhaustive list of everything that quits working at low voltages
-electric vehicles seem like a great choice for city dwellers that don't drive much. Especially in the lower mainland where the weather is moderate