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Originally Posted by MPaulHolmes
wjdennis, your EV goes 100 miles on a charge??!!
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Thanks, Paul. Yes, the car has 36Kwh of Lithium-Cobalt cells on board (300Ah). Using 238 Wh/mile at 65 mph, the car's range is really closer to 150 miles at 100% DOD (though I'd for sure never try it!). Here's a one-minute video of my first test drive last year. It also shows how mountainous the terrain is here:
The issue with these LCP cells (LFP wasn't yet available when I bought my pack) is that they're rated for only .3C continuous. At 100A at 65 mph on flat roads, that works out pretty well. But I soon found out that the freeways here aren't flat--they go up and down all the time which I never noticed in my ICE vehicle. So the cells sag badly and overheat.
I'm really excited about trying your controller to pull 70A-90A continuous from the LCP cells.
Bill