Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
Thanks for your detailed answer, Cor. I can't really justify increasing
from 24kwh to 30, so it's unlikely I'll pursue that. 200kwh would make a
substantial difference, though. I could get rid of my other vehicle.
We'll just have to see what happens over the next couple years, though I
agree, I don't think battery tech has advanced enough to fit it in the
same space.
I have a 2013 Leaf, and have also been wondering if there's a practical
way to increase its pack capacity and thus range. Rather than fit
something into the same space as the present pack, I'm wondering if an
add-on battery pack can be installed in the truck or back seat area.
Perhaps as a stack of "suitcases" of manageable size and weight, so they
can be loaded in by hand when the extra range is needed, and removed
when they are not.
The big unknown is how to add capacity in such a way that the Leaf's
computers will accept and use it.
--
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is
nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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