On Aug 28, 2014, at 9:44 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, for a long as I've followed EVs (and that's over 40 years) the > battery has always been the main source of reliability problems. For me, too. That's why I'm looking to use the smallest pack I can get away with for my 1964 1/2 Mustang PHEV conversion, putting extra care into thermal management (what with the car being parked outside in the Phoenix metro area)...and, even still, mentally preparing myself for replacing whatever pack I go with sooner rather than later. Even if the pack is still at 80% capacity in ten years (which is way more than I'd reasonably anticipate), there'll be newer batteries that are cheaper, lighter, smaller, and have more capacity before then. If I went with a mass-manufacturered EV, I'd feel regret about what to do with the old batteries or worry if I was getting fair value on a trade-in or the like. Instead, so long as it doesn't die outright, I can use the old battery -- whatever I decide to go with -- as the start of an whole-house UPS to supplement the solar PV roof array. b& -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140829/2ebebba0/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ 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)
