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Old 08-18-2009, 05:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
I once thought about using old drill batteries to power an EV, from broken drills that I buy... if I could make a casing that they all plugged into, they'd be easy to swap out/replace as necessary.
Monster Garage beat you to it!



They converted a '62 (I think) Bel Air into an EV drag car using a pile of lithium drill batteries installed in a custom "battery chassis" type of set up. And a pile of individual chargers.

http://www.milwaukeetool.com/NewsAnd...licationId=948

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