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Old 10-03-2008, 09:22 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Here are my rough calculations (thanks Darin) on what I would need.

45 mile round trip
estimated 450 Wh per mile @ 60 mph (number based off this and Darin's numbers)
45 miles * 450 Wh = 20250 Wh of battery capacity
20250 * 2 (so I don't go below 50% discharge to retain battery life) = 40500 Wh of battery capacity

12V Trojan T-1275 has 150Ah * 12V = 1800 Wh of capacity per battery
40500 / 1800 = 22.5 batteries worth of capacity
we'll just call it 24 batteries to make it easy to split up into series/parallel

24 batteries * 82 lbs each = 1968 lbs


So, as you can see, getting the Paseo to have a range of 45 miles @ 60 mph is no simple task. 24 batteries weighs almost as much as the stock car! I'm looking into if I can plug in at work or not. That would only require 12 batteries then.
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