HELP--What is this from?
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The slot through the middle suggests that this pack was designed to fit under an existing vehicle structure (that's presumably clearance for a crossmember), but it's obviously an OEM product rather than a conversion. It looks like it has cooling fans at the back, so it wouldn't be liquid-cooled. Something European (e.g Renault) perhaps?
It's not from a BMW i3 or anything Tesla.
It's not from a Nissan Leaf, Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Kona EV, Chevrolet Volt Spark or Bolt, Smart, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Audi e-tron, or recent Renault Zoe and I'm pretty sure it's not from a VW eGolf, Ford Focus Electric, or Fiat 500e, although they are all adapted from existing platforms.
If you have access to the pack - not just this image - there should be some sort of useful label.
It's not from a BMW i3 or anything Tesla.
It's not from a Nissan Leaf, Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Kona EV, Chevrolet Volt Spark or Bolt, Smart, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Audi e-tron, or recent Renault Zoe and I'm pretty sure it's not from a VW eGolf, Ford Focus Electric, or Fiat 500e, although they are all adapted from existing platforms.
If you have access to the pack - not just this image - there should be some sort of useful label.
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My hunch was Tesla Roadster, which is basically just a Lotus Elise.
That fits the "regular car, but looks like a conversion, but is still oem" theme, and they look small...
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Nope, they had a wall of trunk batteries, not a skateboard.
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Looks pretty damned similar to the SOUL EV, which are apparently LiPos, a little less symetric:
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Yes, it looks roughly like most of the underfloor packs which are shaped to bump up into available space under the seats, and I thought of Kia/Hyundai because of the forced air cooling, but none of the details appear to match the Soul (or Kona).
Yeah, wrong shape, but also this pack looks way too long for an Elise or even the slightly stretched Roadster. It has to be from something with a back seat.
Yea you're right. I've seen the roadster's battery first hand before. Doesnt look like this one bit.
I have a feeling this might be from an OEM other than the traditional global ones we are familiar with who makes a lot of EVs.
My guess is probably a Chinese OEM; not necessarily BYD, China had a few hundred EV companies...
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I watched a YouTube video on a car that has a battery pack exactly like this. Built around an ICE frame, only a few hundred or a few thousand produced, and the prismatic cells were entirely air cooled (and heated) so efficiency was terrible. I'm gonna see if I can find that video now.
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The video doesn't show the top of the pack, but the on-screen representation appears to be an attempt to be realistic, and doesn't really match.
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