Peter
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Certainly looks promising! But price nor specs are clear: the picture suggests motor and controller are water cooled. The 80 kW is probably peak power; I presume for one minute or so. It must be a high voltage system (80 kW means 200 Amps at 400 Volts) requiring a battery pack with 100+ cells in series.
There are some similar offerings on the market with 20 kW motor, controller and transmission costing close to € 10k (including EMC approval).
Without EMC-certificate chances are your EV-conversion will not be road legal until after extensive and expensive testing...
Would be interesting to see battery modules (like the Tesla's) with a higher voltage (e.g. 48 Volts) so you need fewer of these. Anyway, you'd want at least 30 kWh battery capacity for 100..120 miles range, which will be difficult to squeeze in an A2 until battery technology (energy density) improves considerably.
My 17 kWh / 70 miles range LiFEPO4 pack (300 Volts) weighs 200 kg...
There are some similar offerings on the market with 20 kW motor, controller and transmission costing close to € 10k (including EMC approval).
Without EMC-certificate chances are your EV-conversion will not be road legal until after extensive and expensive testing...
Would be interesting to see battery modules (like the Tesla's) with a higher voltage (e.g. 48 Volts) so you need fewer of these. Anyway, you'd want at least 30 kWh battery capacity for 100..120 miles range, which will be difficult to squeeze in an A2 until battery technology (energy density) improves considerably.
My 17 kWh / 70 miles range LiFEPO4 pack (300 Volts) weighs 200 kg...
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