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MPaulHolmes · 12-23-2014, 10:59 AM

With a battery balancer in place, Lee Hart had to change his pack every 6 or 7 years I believe. I'm just trying to figure out where 10,000 extra pounds of CO2 are coming from by doing a traditional conversion. Only very recently have people started using lithium.

Maybe it's only "conversions" that car companies do that are power hogs. Heck, they spend $100,000,000 to make a new prototype. I spent $2200 on my conversion "prototype".

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MPaulHolmes PaulH Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maricopa, AZ (sort of. Actually outside of town) Posts: 3,832 Michael's Electric Beetle - '71 Volkswagen Superbeetle 500000 Thanks: 1,368 Thanked 1,202 Times in 765 Posts	With a battery balancer in place, Lee Hart had to change his pack every 6 or 7 years I believe. I'm just trying to figure out where 10,000 extra pounds of CO2 are coming from by doing a traditional conversion. Only very recently have people started using lithium. Maybe it's only "conversions" that car companies do that are power hogs. Heck, they spend $100,000,000 to make a new prototype. I spent $2200 on my conversion "prototype". __________________ kits and boards Last edited by MPaulHolmes; 12-23-2014 at 11:26 AM..