I dont see it as "range", but usage, I have never gone the total distance that a set of batteries, no matter what type they are, to a set range, that would be foolish, ..you have 70 mile range, you go 71 miles and there you are, sitting where Moses lost his sandals, No how you going to get back??
I live in a small town, all the EVs I have built never go the total range, in fact I drive so little milage i charge on the week ends, So, if all things considerer, a cycle is a charge/discharge, then by rights I only have to charge 52 times a year.. and in most cases thats all I do, Now if I have a liOn-P4 set of cells, and there only good for 600 cycles then I can use them for 12 years ! whos going to bitch about that. One conversion I have done uses 45, 300 Ah LiOn-P4 cells, and goes 60 miles each way, He did do a "range test" and got 121 miles @50 MPH, and was not flat, He charged at His brothers house to get back home . that was 5 years ago, there still going strong . I personally never give a hoot about 'lab" testing ..on the road testing is more precise ...Even the lead pack in one of my S-10 lasted 6 years before I sold it ...just my 2 cents -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131008/556b12a2/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
