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Originally Posted by Nerys
man thats a lot of batteries. I am betting thats what 5-6 grand in batteries and support equipment. and to have to replace them every 3-4 years. Damit I want them nimh batteries so badly. 20 year lifespan sounds so nice.
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Why spend that much on them? I can get them for ~$9 from Farmers and those people that replace their batteries whether they're bad or not, match them up in packs, and run them until they're completely useless... then turn them in for the couple dollars back that I spent as a core, or take them to some tractor shops that will let me trade batteries of similar sizes for their "bad ones".
I don't see where resourceful people like EM residents should have to spend that kind of cash on something that's supposed to SAVE you money. It's ridiculous to think that one should have to spend thousands on a propulsion device every 4 years... (like a lease, right?)
I'm fairly certain that the only real price burden in my case would be the controller and such... and if Paul's stuff is successful, that isn't really a problem either, right? I mean, it's quite reasonable to think that you could build a high-range decent-speed EV for around $3000.
I'd rather look into salvaging cells from "bad" laptop batteries and cell phone batteries, though. Lithium is such a great alternative, and for the same weight, I could run MORE THAN A THOUSAND VOLTS, not that too many motors are built to handle it.
This is, of course, all assuming that I'm even going to convert to EV.