rob_bell
Well-Known Member
Great thread concept! Love this We have a VW eUP! which is a great town car, but it's range is a limitation beyond the limits of London.
The trickiest bit to this project is keeping the price affordable - and using as much of the donor as possible is key to this. And the battery is the most expensive part.
Leaf's (certainly first generation) had no battery heat management, and they have a reputation for degrading their batteries prematurely. In contrast, EVs with battery heat management seem to have extremely impressive battery lives - so perhaps a different donor should be considered? That said, a Leaf donor would prove the principle and you could consider a battery upgrade later?
For me, I would want to take my EV-converted Freelander off road. The instant torque of an electric motor would be very helpful, and the 1st gear on a PG1 would then serve quite well as a low-range?
Silly, I know, but having a dead rev-counter on the dashboard of a converted FL1 would annoy me big time. I'd use the fuel gauge as the battery status indicator, but what to use the rev counter for? Motor speed???
The trickiest bit to this project is keeping the price affordable - and using as much of the donor as possible is key to this. And the battery is the most expensive part.
Leaf's (certainly first generation) had no battery heat management, and they have a reputation for degrading their batteries prematurely. In contrast, EVs with battery heat management seem to have extremely impressive battery lives - so perhaps a different donor should be considered? That said, a Leaf donor would prove the principle and you could consider a battery upgrade later?
For me, I would want to take my EV-converted Freelander off road. The instant torque of an electric motor would be very helpful, and the 1st gear on a PG1 would then serve quite well as a low-range?
Silly, I know, but having a dead rev-counter on the dashboard of a converted FL1 would annoy me big time. I'd use the fuel gauge as the battery status indicator, but what to use the rev counter for? Motor speed???