The Leaf motor would be underpowered for this purpose if Nissan's 80 kW power limit is retained. With a different controller, the Leaf motor reportedly can produce much higher power for at least brief periods.I want the converted car to perform much like the ICE version in terms of acceleration. That is 5-6 second 0-60 times. ...
I'm concerned that the Leaf drive would be under powered. I really like the looks of Netgain's new AC motor but is it enough motor?
Netgain's published performance graph for the HyPer9 also peaks at 80 kW (over a much narrower speed range than the Leaf), at a very low DC link voltage (and over a thousand amps from the battery). I don't know what it will do with more voltage.