I have been off the forum for a while and I recently got a wrecked leaf as a donor (which had it's own tribulations see "I got scammed buying a wrecked Nissan Leaf") and thought I would post it to get peoples thoughts on where I should go with this project.
New project: Two boring Nissan leafs combined to make one 400hp AWD track EV?
I settled on the next project being powered with the Nissan Leafs because they are cheap an plentiful. I have been seeing Gen 1 and 2 Nissan leaf going for $4-5k for a good runners with reasonable mileage and wrecks going for $2-3,000. I would love to get a Model 3 wreck but the prices are still really high and haven't seen any public hacks of the motor controller.
Not sure if I am going to use the Volt batteries or Tesla batteries. I hope to design it so I can use the Model 3 batteries as they are the best $/kwh, kwh/kg but their long length makes them really hard to deal with. The car is going to be scratch built so I am hoping I can be able to make a ~7' long battery box that will fit them in.
New project: Two boring Nissan leafs combined to make one 400hp AWD track EV?
I settled on the next project being powered with the Nissan Leafs because they are cheap an plentiful. I have been seeing Gen 1 and 2 Nissan leaf going for $4-5k for a good runners with reasonable mileage and wrecks going for $2-3,000. I would love to get a Model 3 wreck but the prices are still really high and haven't seen any public hacks of the motor controller.
Not sure if I am going to use the Volt batteries or Tesla batteries. I hope to design it so I can use the Model 3 batteries as they are the best $/kwh, kwh/kg but their long length makes them really hard to deal with. The car is going to be scratch built so I am hoping I can be able to make a ~7' long battery box that will fit them in.