Willie,
Didn't you express dissatisfaction with the batteries in a Leaf you owned or
was it another issue? Would the original charger work with them or need to
be replaced? The new owners of this car do not have a lot of money to spend
on it.
I will pass on your message to let them know lithium might be an option.
Thanks for explaining why this could work without as much expense as I
expected.
Gail
----- Original Message -----
From: "Willie2 via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] GC batteries
On 05/29/2015 06:56 PM, Gail Lucas via EV wrote:
where they can be purchased for under $90.00. Please offer opinions, but
not to upgrade to lithium. That would be overkill for a C-Car. I
Well.......
I believe lithium is now about twice the price of lead for similar energy
storage capacity. That's a WAG but think I've seen Leaf and Volt modules
around that price. The lithium should last about 5 times as long.
Lithium has far less maintenance than lead. Lithium gives you a larger
fraction of stored energy, ~80% vs ~50%.
I think that makes lithium FAR cheaper than lead.
Is the C-Car 48v? You'd be looking at ~$800 worth of lead? Somebody
estimate how much Leaf battery that you buy you.
Answering my own question:
http://hybridautocenter.com/HAC4/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&cid=3&name=nissan-leaf-battery-module-model-2012-new&Itemid=605
Six of those in series would give you about 3kwh and about 48vdc and cost
less than $800 before shipping. That's only a ~50 pound battery so you
would really want to put 2-4 sets of those in a golf cart type vehicle.
But, a single set would supply 240a which should be plenty for a golf
cart.
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