Great breakdown of the cycles below. I just did a search on ebay for Leafs, found this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nissan-Leaf-SL-Certified-2011-25K-MILES-1-OWNER-REARCAM-CRUISE-/391389217496?forcerrptr=true&hash=item5b209d82d8:g:veAAAOSwvUlWs70D&item=391389217496 $8980. You can barely find a used 2011 ICE for this much… From Lawrence’s peg-board youtube link, does anyone have the measurements of the battery undercarriage section of a Leaf? My eventual goal is to convert my 1966 Mustang into a daily-driving EV. I have no desire to keep any part of it stock, so the idea of completely replacing the undercarriage with a Leaf’s is certainly appealing… thanks, -lev > On Feb 24, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: >> When I realized I couldn't build a nice electric car for what I could >> buy one for I gave up and bought a used Leaf EV. > > So did I. We added a 2013 Leaf to my EV collection. It's hard to beat the > fit/finish/features for the price. It's my wife's car. She prefers the > comforts of new modern cars to drive any old conversion. > > At the present time (the peak of the latest EV boom/bust cycle), it's better > to buy new than to build/convert. You basically can't *give* away conversions > at this point in the cycle. Conversions only do well during the "bust" phase > of the cycle, when you can't get auto company EVs. > > I'd love to see us avoid the usual "bust" part of the cycle this time, but > history has a habit of repeating itself... > > - It's happened many times before. > (history is the best predictor of the future) > - Gas prices are amazingly low. > (EV sales down, truck/SUV sales up) > - We're set to switch back to an all-republican government. > (There go all the EV subsidies. Back to drill baby drill.) > - Auto and oil companies are fervently looking for a new holy grail. > (diesel, fuel cell, tar sand, fracking, natural gas, biofuel... > ANYTHING to maintain the status quo with minimal change.) > >> My next project might be an Ultravan (3000 pound RV) with a Leaf drive train. > > That's an interesting idea. :-) I've always liked Corvairs. My first car was > a 1961 Corvair, and I still own my 1965 Corvair Corsa. I keep dreaming of > converting it into an Electrovair. Notice how similar the specs are to the > much-later EV1. > > https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/1966_Electrovair_II_Concept > -- > Knowledge is better than belief. Belief is when someone else does > your thinking. -- anonymous > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > 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)
