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Originally Posted by Patrick
A gallon of diesel has about 38 kWh. So the diesel unit burns 11 X 38 = 418 kWh in a day.
A Nissan Leaf battery pack is 24 kWh. So to accomplish the same amount of work as the diesel (ignoring differences in efficiencies), you'd need 418/24 = 17 Leaf battery packs. Probably not practical.
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the 11 gal a day is for the gas model.
we just got are hands on a diesel model two weeks back and have yet to put it in service, it has some "real" safety issues with the canapy over the seat.
its missing a post, and cracks in many places, if a falling tree hit it. it would not pertect the person running it.
IE your dead..........
so in short, i don't know the hours per gal of a diesel yet...other then guessing.
im guessing it will use about 40% less fuel then the up-draft carb gas engine.
any way you cut it the original drive system is very thrifty considering when these things where made, over 50 years ago.....
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Originally Posted by Patrick
If the diesel converts 40% of the energy into useful work and the electric system is 80% efficient, you can cut the battery pack number in half (40/80 = 1/2): 17/2 = 8.5 packs needed. The packs reportedly cost about $9,000 each (on the WAY low side). 8.5 X $9,000 = $76,500 for batteries. Of course if you go with lead-acid, the cost will be lower, but the weight will be higher.
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lead-acid bats have 1KW right? or am i off base, 8.5 Nissan Leaf battery packs hmm thats a LOT OF LEAD BATs to = the 8.5 Leaf battery's with 24KW in each
even if that number was down around 6 packs that's still "way more" then i could fit on it.....
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1 86 T\D trooper with rare GEN 3 rods
TRANS FIXED 
NOW DD
1 86 4WD 5sp pup is 2.3L gas, but plan on 2.2L diesel repower
1 91 trop, long term plan is a group buy of imported Isuzu 4JB1-T 2.8L I-4 engines, hoping to get price down to 2K not 3K plus
1993 sidekick my MPG toy, epa rating 26.
i get 29/31 with stock drive train.