And there are those of us who are committed to driving an EV and could only afford to do so with lead. My batts are just about due to be replaced and I can't justify lithium. First I don't have the money, and even if I did I couldn't justify it on a 17 year old vehicle. I'll wait for prices of comnercial ones to come down or used ones,to become common.
For the moment my lead sled will serve my needs and my environmental consciousness. Peter Flipsen Jr On Sep 29, 2013 6:37 PM, "Mike Nickerson" <[email protected]> wrote: > With relatively good availability of commercial EVs, I think the conversion > market is going to change. It used to be, you had to build a conversion, > just to drive electric. Now, you have other choices. > > With a conversion with lithium cells now approaching half the cost of a > cheap commercial EV, it is harder to justify the work of a conversion. > There will still be people that will undertake a conversion for special > purposes (such as drag racing or endurance racing), or to keep driving a > cherished old car, but many people will now choose the option of a > commercial, supported vehicle. I probably would have, if I had the option > 3-4 years ago. > > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Cruisin > > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:07 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Sat 9/28 Silicon Valley EAA NPID ... > > > > Your suggestion is acknowledged, but not accurate. I don't think you have > > boots on the ground nor are in the trenches. You haven't talked to the > > future, current or past converters like I have for over 10 years now. > Like > I > > said, there is only one way to do a conversion, the right way. You keep > talking > > about new cars and the bad salesmen you disliked. Cor says I need to go > > elsewhere. Maybe he knows something I don't know about this business. > > However, he didn't win squat, and needs to import some conversion skills > for > > the outdated acid barge. That is feedback from the 10 conversion people, > > with cars, whom I brought with me. I was trying to give my feedback of my > > impression of the event, but hit home with my comments that some needed > > to direct away from themselves. By the way, dead acid isn't scorning > > anybody, its a description of their current batteries which are no longer > > usable. > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion- > > list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Sat-9-28-Silicon-Valley-EAA-NPID-DeAnza- > > College-in-Cupertino-CA-tp4665365p4665412.html > > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > > Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130929/2ff1aabd/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
