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> On Jun 14, 2015, at 10:29 PM, Tom Keenan via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I can understand the lack of potential conversion buyers. My present EV, a > 1989 Ford Escort converted by a company in Santa Rosa, was on sale at one > point for $2,000 but it never sold. Ultimately, the owner put it up for grabs > on the local EAA list. I put a set of new lead acid batteries in, and it has > been relatively trouble free for the past three years. It has had its share > of mechanical problems, but it is a 1989 Ford Escort at heart. > > The big quandary for my EV will come in a year or so when it needs another > battery pack. Does one spend over $8,000 to upgrade to a marginal lithium > pack, charger, and BMS, or $2,500 on a lead acid pack that will work, but > with the lackluster performance it has always had just to drive it a few > thousand miles for the next few years? > > Putting $8,000 into a battery pack for an old, and otherwise unremarkable car > would seem to be the height of folly, particularly when modern but used, > factory made EVs (Leaf, iMiEV) can be had for just a bit more. > > Tom Keenan > >> On Jun 14, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> This is the state of used home built EVs. No interest. The parts in this >> vehicle are worth 10 k. What a shame. With the right pack this vehicle out >> range and perform any factory EV. It will also be better when the factory >> EV is broken as it will be fixable by the owner or any ev converter. The >> factory ev will cost big bucks to fix. When people realize this >> conversations will rise in value. Lawrence Rhodes >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150614/294d2b98/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) >> > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
