Thanks for the amazing input everyone! Bruce, Thanks for all the leads! You're right, I'm not that Toyota guy.
Cor, The long cycle times I mention are for reconditioning individual cells one at a time with a SuperBrain989. Slow discharge/slow overcharge cycles, not ordinary charge cycles. Worst case scenario. That is why the time is so long. Again, ~$1k worth of Lee Hart's electronics could do the job 100 times faster and better than a "SuperBrain989". But I'd need a spare set of batteries to keep my car driving. I am leaning toward this solution. But I need some good cheap spares. BatteryM.D. does this reconditioning for ~$8.8k. They swap your "core" battery pack out for a reconditioned one. So fast service! The reconditioning happens on their time. You end up with ~85 mile range. Everyone, One of our Rav4EV News Group guys converted his Rav4 to Lithium for ~$7.5 total. $5k for 95 batteries and $2.5k for the BMS. His conversion adds j1772 charging capability as well. He gets a 90 mile range and has sporty acceleration. I don't know how long his CALB 40AH LiFEPO4 prismatic Batteries (CA40FI) will last. Can anyone advise me here? Other than my concern about LiFEPO4 battery lifetimes this looks like the best option. It's just a little more expensive than I'd like. I have not heard back from all of my manufacturer inquiries for NiMH. The Panasonic EV-95s retailed for $250 when they were new. If available today the 24 pack would cost $6k and the range should be ~120 miles. Still seems expensive. It looks like some exist out there. I will update to the news group when and if I do find a manufacturer. Thanks everyone! -David Miller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150611/6f7f3806/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)
