[VOLKSWAGNER420]

Does anyone know anything about these? I am thinking about coughing up the cash for 54 of them but I want to make DAMN sure that will do it! $118 each. About roughly how many Ah does a car (Heavy Bug) with a motor like the warp 11 use going 70-75MPH use? (ballpark) I am trying to figure my battery options. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Also I would use these for the 12V ACC (4 in series) too right? I go round trip to school 88 Miles and do not want to hurt the pack by draining it to low, would this do it (Winter too!) or would I need to step up to the 160Ah or 200Ah version for that? I really want to do this right the first time! Thank you all so much for helping me today especially Ziggy and Paul! I have learned more in one day on this forum then I have in the whole time I have been looking in to EV's combined!!! Good night all! Thanks again for any and ALL advice!

[VOLKSWAGNER420]

Goddti, I have since realized the deal with those and I think the 100 Ah X 54 maybe the ticket. What do you think?

[VOLKSWAGNER420]

Hot DAMN, I am a junior member now!

[Ziggythewiz]

If you want a 88 mile hwy bug, check out Corbin's build:
http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog.../electric-bug/

I don't remember how much weather proofing he has, but for cold weather you'll want to plan on well insulated battery boxes and some form of heating, like heat tape or similar.

[VOLKSWAGNER420]

Cool thanks! I read about it but didn't see what kind of setup he has. I tried to download the article but it took me to a dead link. Do you know what kind of setup he was running?

[lowcrawler]

Originally Posted by VOLKSWAGNER420

Cool thanks! I read about it but didn't see what kind of setup he has. I tried to download the article but it took me to a dead link. Do you know what kind of setup he was running?

Corbin's link works for me... no?

[Ziggythewiz]

Here's a page on batteries. You may need to click forward or back to see more:
http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog...ic-bug/page/4/

[JRoque]

Hi. Did you say 400Ah prismatics at $118 each? Something doesn't add up there. That's typically the 100Ah cell price. Or did something change while I wasn't looking?

400Ah x 54 cells will give you close to a 70kW pack. I go out on a limb and say that unless you're dragging a boat anchor or climbing up a wall, you can probably make your 88 mile trip.. twice even. You'll weigh your car down with about 1600 pounds of cells though.

JR

[VOLKSWAGNER420]

Yeah that's the ticket!

[rt66gv]

Can anyone help me with the least expensive place to purchase 100-400 Ah LiFePo4 Lithium Polymer batteries? I want to purchase a used EV with lead-acid batteries, but don't want to spend like $8,000 on decent batteries. Thanks.

rt66gv@yahoo.com