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MazdaMatt · 01-30-2009, 12:50 PM

THANK YOU!!!

So the moral is - More batteries is better, always. 12 battereis in series will be happy batteries and give you high speed. 12 batteries in two six-battery strings will give you less-happy batteries and mad acceleration.

So to answer the OP... the infamous "it depends". Check on the series resistance of those smaller batteries and the output current rating and compare to the same on the other side... then choose acceleration vs speed.

For me, i'm interested in a vehicle (cycle or car) that can take me to work along an 80km/h road, so i would need the highest possible system voltage that i can muster up.

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MazdaMatt Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 1,096 2k2Prot5 - '02 Mazda Protege5 90 day: 33.82 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	THANK YOU!!! So the moral is - More batteries is better, always. 12 battereis in series will be happy batteries and give you high speed. 12 batteries in two six-battery strings will give you less-happy batteries and mad acceleration. So to answer the OP... the infamous "it depends". Check on the series resistance of those smaller batteries and the output current rating and compare to the same on the other side... then choose acceleration vs speed. For me, i'm interested in a vehicle (cycle or car) that can take me to work along an 80km/h road, so i would need the highest possible system voltage that i can muster up.