> > You can purchase them NEW instead of use. > > Roland
I am aware that I can purchase blocks of cells (from Hybrid Auto Center, and others) which may be new, or old/unused stock, or pulled from salvage depending upon source. I chose to buy a Salvage pack for cost savings purposes. 48 modules at $130 per cell (I'm including shipping costs in that $130 price...seems to be a reasonable way to account of volume discounts of larger packs...) is $6240 My cost for the complete 2013 leaf was $4100 (or $4407 including all of the tools I had to purchase to move/jack the car and drop the pack) plus a lot of my own labor. If you have the money, buying just the modules or 1/2 packs already ready to go is a good time saving measure, but if your labor is free, you can get a lot more value with a (good) Salvage pack/car. Because I got the whole car, I was able to connect to the OBDII port and verify that the pack health was excellent, and I know for a fact that it's an upgraded chemistry 2013 pack with 64 Ah capacity. I'm currently saving about $1,800 over buying the modules alone, plus any extra money I can recoup by selling parts from the rest of the car. (such as the wheels/tires, entire motor/charger/inverter unit, HVAC, J1722 port, HV contractor, 250A fuse block, BMS, airbags, headlights, etc..) Another person I know of purchased just a used pack from a junk yard (without the car surrounding it) for $2600-2700, which is an even better cost savings, and gives him less stuff to have to get rid of after the fact... Of course, they may stand behind their product better than CoPart's Where is / As-is policy for salvage autos :> Jay _______________________________________________ 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)
