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Originally Posted by basjoos
According to his info on EV Album, there are 60 lead acid batteries installed (33 lbs each) for a 1,980 lbs total battery weight. If you subtract that from the 3200 lbs curb weight, it gives a 1220 lbs vehicle weight without batteries. This is a low weight, given that it has the front half of a Metro hidden inside and needs to have the structural strength needed to support a ton of battery weight in that long wheel base.
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$7000 spent on LiFePO4's would give as much range as his used lead-acids (which isn't a fair comparison), and bring battery weight down to 375 lbs!
The fair comparison would be against 11 virgin lead-acid GC2 batteries, costing $650 and weighing 748lbs.
Wow, 400lbs of battery giving 200mi of range... that's something you'd want to put in an Insight body, right there.