I unfortunately have to agree. I recently sold my 1993 Honda del Sol conversion. It was still running with all of its original ThunderSky lithium cells, but a couple of them were getting weak and needed individual charging beyond the equalizing charge and the top balancing provided by the MiniBMS system.
I sold it for $1500. I was hoping for more around $3000, but didn't get much in the way of interest until I took it below $2000. Based on the responses, it looks like most of the interest was toy/project car for teenagers. I owned it for 10 years and hope the new owners can keep it running. I have my doubts, though. I provided quite a bit of documentation I wrote, but there are just things you have to know when driving a homemade conversion, and it's hard to write them all down. Mike -----Original Message----- From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 1:55 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Cc: EVDL Administrator <evp...@drmm.net> Subject: Re: [EVDL] wanted s10 ev You can see a few USE S10s at evalbum.com. I have to agree with Paul. Expecting $9,000 for that truck is probably more than a little optimistic. I may be going a bit too far to the pessimistic side, but IMO given the current conversion market and its non-running condition, yours might be worth something closer to $900. Here's a '94 USE S10 offered back in 2003 for $5k - in running condition. http://mattvideo.com/electric/_disc1/0000002e.htm The USE S10s and Prizms can't compare to modern factory EVs, but they were actually pretty nice conversions for their time. Fifteen to 20 years ago, lots of folks who had USE vehicles really liked them. The battery costs were daunting, though. They used a big tray full of expensive AGMs. By the late 1990s, spare parts for them were already a problem. Back then we had an EVDL poster who was asking how he could re-convert his dead USE S10 using a more conventional DC motor. There used to be a Yahoo Group for USE support. I don't know what's happened to it since Yahoo tore down their groups' infrastructure, but IIRC they had quite a lot of troubleshooting information. If you could get your drive system going and upgrade the battery to lithium you'd probably have something. I don't know whether it'd be $9k worth, though. At this point probably most folks who are interested in EV pickups will be sitting tight for the Tesla, Rivian, or possibly one of the possibly-vaporware Ford or GM E-pickups promised for later. In any case, good luck with it. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. -- Carl Sagan = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
