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Old 06-05-2009, 01:29 PM   #13 (permalink)
stevey_frac
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Jalilah - '07 Chevrolet Cobalt LT
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Originally Posted by mattW View Post
Thundersky batteries don't seem to mind so much. They get 2000 cycles to 80% DoD, 3000 for 70%... I've been reading up a lot about them (I just bought a 48V 60Ah pack for my bike) and I haven't seen a reason to doubt that. I think you'll get 6-7 miles plus whatever is in the existing pack. Its interesting that they've gone for such a low voltage and used a DC-DC converter to get to the prius' 200+ volt pack.
Perhaps they're running in 2 cells in parallel in each step of series to reduce the impact of a bad cell? Just a thought.
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