In case you haven't seen them yet, here are a couple links, one to a guy who's putting a Leaf drivetrain into an Insight, and another who's putting the Leaf drivetrain into a Saab Sonett III. The Saab Sonett thread has quite a bit of detail about the Leaf drivetrain.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/project-nissan-leaf-drivetrain-into-02-honda-insight-30966.html http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/re-using-complete-leaf-drive-system-151458.html Bill -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of via EV Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 10:25 PM To: Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Using the LEAF drivetrain in a conversion I would really like to put a Leaf drivetrain in a 2000 Honda Insight. I have two Insights and just bought a 2014 Chevy Volt, so I have time to work on my 'project cars'. At 1850 lbs, I would think the Insight with a Leaf system would be very quick and have considerable range. Not sure how much work would be required on an adapter plate for a Leaf motor to Insight transmission would be? I wonder if anybody has tried this conversion. On Thursday, January 5, 2017 8:50 PM, Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> wrote: Bill, I took everything under the hood out of a 2011 Leaf and already sold the motor (and gave the halfshafts and mounts with it) but I still have the inverter. I also own (and commute in) a 2011 Leaf. It is probably possible to capture and reverse-engineer the CAN bus and other signals to the inverter. I can look at the Service Docs (esp wiring diagram) to figure out what signals go where. I see that the inverters sell on Ebay for $700. NOTE that the 2013+ Leaf inverter is different from the 2011/2012 model, since the 2011/2012 have everything in separate boxes: power control (switching the HV) is in a separate box near the firewall, charger is in a separate box behind the rear seat and the inverter is in a separate box above the motor. For the 2013+ everything is integrated in one layered box above the motor. Regards, Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Collins via EV Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 11:36 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [EVDL] Using the LEAF drivetrain in a conversion Has anyone been able to talk to the LEAF inverter directly? I know it's possible to run the LEAF drivetrain outside the car if you take enough of the car with it, but It would be a lot easier if you could just send CAN commands directly to the inverter. Bill _______________________________________________ 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170106/2f217cf9/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) _______________________________________________ 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)
