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Originally Posted by some_other_dave
At a guess, I'd say you could get 10-20 full-sized batteries in the available space, including taking up at least some of the space for the fuel tank.
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20 T-105 batteries are 1240 pounds. Add 300 pounds for the motor/transmission, and you're talking about over 1,500 pounds on and behind the rear axle of a CRX, not counting wiring and battery boxes. Face it: it's possible, but massively impractical, and provides no benefit to an EV, which was the whole point.
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I don't know for the Fiero or MR-2, or the X-1/9 for that matter. In the 914, there's a ton of space. You can easily fit a half-dozen batteries in the rear trunk, if you really want to expose the batteries to road hazards you can stuff up to another half-dozen next to the transmission. Plus the electric motors take up a whole lot less space than the stock ICE motor does, so there's easily space for another half-dozen batteries in the engine bay itself! Then, if you're willing to put batteries elsewhere, you can fit another four or six in the fuel tank compartment, and at least six and possibly up to ten more in the front trunk!!
So in the 914, figure you can fit 12 batteries easily in the space available behind the driver. Maybe 18-20 with a bunch of work. And there's the possibility of a lot more if you use space up in front...
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Which he completely refused to consider. He wants everything over the back axle.