Automotive vehicle including a) at least one electric motor, b) a first energy storage for driving said at least one electric motor, c) a converter arrangement for receiving AC power from an external AC power source and for charging the first energy storage of the automotive vehicle, where the energy storage is a high voltage traction energy source and d) a second energy storage for providing low-voltage DC power to a subsystem of the automotive vehicle other than the motor, where the converter arrangement includes e) an input stage comprising two input terminals for connecting an AC input voltage, f) a converter stage for converting the AC input voltage to a DC output voltage and g) an output stage comprising an output capacitance, where the DC output voltage is provided across the output capacitance, and h) a controllable switch arranged in a current path from one of the two input terminals to the other and including said output capacitance and i) a control unit adapted to control the controllable switch for precharging the output capacitance at a startup of the converter arrangement, whereby j) the control unit is adapted to control the controllable switch during startup such that a duty cycle of the controllable switch during at least one half period of the input voltage is between 0 and 1 and k) the second energy storage is connected to an auxiliary power input of the converter arrangement for providing power to the control unit of the converter arrangement at least during a startup of the converter arrangement, l) where the controllable switch includes a thyristor and where the control unit is adapted to control the controllable switch by phase angle control, m) where the control unit is adapted to switch the thyristor ON at a predetermined ignition phase angle, where the ignition phase angle at a beginning of the startup of the converter is chosen to be between 165° and 180° and where the ignition phase angle is decreased from half period to half period of the input voltage by an angle of Δα, where Δα is between 0° and 15°, where the control unit is adapted to increase Δα from half period to half period. a) at least one electric motor, b) a first energy storage for driving said at least one electric motor, c) a converter arrangement for receiving AC power from an external AC power source and for charging the first energy storage of the automotive vehicle, where the energy storage is a high voltage traction energy source and d) a second energy storage for providing low-voltage DC power to a subsystem of the automotive vehicle other than the motor, e) an input stage comprising two input terminals for connecting an AC input voltage, f) a converter stage for converting the AC input voltage to a DC output voltage and g) an output stage comprising an output capacitance, where the DC output voltage is provided across the output capacitance, and h) a controllable switch arranged in a current path from one of the two input terminals to the other and including said output capacitance and i) a control unit adapted to control the controllable switch for precharging the output capacitance at a startup of the converter arrangement, j) the control unit is adapted to control the controllable switch during startup such that a duty cycle of the controllable switch during at least one half period of the input voltage is between 0 and 1 and k) the second energy storage is connected to an auxiliary power input of the converter arrangement for providing power to the control unit of the converter arrangement at least during a startup of the converter arrangement, l) where the controllable switch includes a thyristor and where the control unit is adapted to control the controllable switch by phase angle control, m) where the control unit is adapted to switch the thyristor ON at a predetermined ignition phase angle, where the ignition phase angle at a beginning of the startup of the converter is chosen to be between 165° and 180° and where the ignition phase angle is decreased from half period to half period of the input voltage by an angle of Δα, where Δα is between 0° and 15°, where the control unit is adapted to increase Δα from half period to half period.