I am designing and building my own sports car. My eventual goal is to convert it to electric and sell them. The initial plan was to follow the NEDRA path and use a DC motor to get high performance and publicity (relatively) cheaply with the prototype. Then convert to AC motors to build the real cars.
A potential wrench got thrown in the plan when I read about used Nissan Leafs being so cheap. I've been building and racing ICE cars for a long time and know you can't build as cheaply as you can buy used. Plus all the 'extra' stuff I'd get from scavenging a Leaf. Problem? Performance, or more accurately, lack thereof. The Leaf battery and motor will be far too small for my goals. And my car (at least the prototype) weighs a LOT more than a Leaf. So, would going the Leaf route provide any value or should I stick with the original plan? I do not care about range at all for the prototype, just performance. All the prototype has to do is look good, move on electric power and stick people in the seat for short test rides. It's the last goal that the Leaf power train won't do. BTW, I would just buy a used Tesla but I read they are worse than GM about who "owns" their cars. I'm afraid they wouldn't reactivate the drivetrain after I did the swap. They did that to a guy that rebuilt a wrecked Tesla himself. > On Jan 13, 2016, at 7:16 AM, via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good morning Bob. Well I'm going to just jump right to the point. Don't. > Go down to your nearest Nissan dealer and look at all the Leaf lease returns > and pick out a beauty. For probably 10-12K. You will have a vehicle 5-10 > times better than the first one you could build. Well maybe. But it will > still be cheaper than anything you could build. Especially if you were to > use Lithium. My conversion cost twice what my 2013 Leaf cost. With a > warranty, new, with great heat and comfort. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bobby Keeland via EV" <[email protected]> > To: "ev" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 6:40:12 PM > Subject: [EVDL] Books on converting a car to ev? > > I plan to buy a new ev when the range is high enough, and they don't cost > as much as a Tesla S. In the near term I am considering the conversion of > my 1951 Chevy pickup to ev, probably with it's own solar panels. I could > also charge it from the solar panels that power my house. Can anyone > recommend fairly up-to-date books that are specific to converting an ICE > vehicle to EV? > > Bob Keeland > Forest Dynamics > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160112/af5d4ec8/attachment.htm> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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/20160113/4d0e7713/attachment.htm> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: 1503320_10152131533022579_134103287_n[1].jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 19534 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160113/4d0e7713/attachment.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
