[Caevlist] Cute little EV on Craigslist (2011 Think City)

[Jacob Field]

The Think itself is a pretty neat little car. I've got one and love it, and
there's a solid little enthusiast community with a lot of knowledge about
the inner workings.

I have all the specifications for the battery pack, as well as information
on the CAN protocol it uses to communicate with the car — building a
replacement battery pack is certainly within the realm of possibility.

That being said, as someone who's tried building an EV battery out of
18650s, it takes AGES. If I ever upgrade the battery in my Think, it'll be
using modules from another wrecked EV.

If you have plenty of time, money, and electrical savvy, I'd say go for it!

- Jacob Field

On Wed, May 10, 2023, 9:28 PM Christopher Koch <jazzjunkie.chris at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I don't want to start a feeding frenzy, but there is a sweet little EV for
> sale right now with a worn-out battery I'm thinking about buying (as are a
> lot of other people, according to the seller!)
>
> I'm trying to gauge the depth of what I'm getting myself into if I try to
> rebuild the battery.
> When I was at Arcimoto I was involved with designing their next-generation
> battery (sadly that project got scrapped) so maybe I'm too cocksure about
> my abilities.
>
> I have a couple thousand 18650s lying around yearning for a purpose, so
> there's a lot of hope that I might have what it takes to breathe new life
> into this thing but I wanted to put it out there for community comment and
> discussion.
>
> Is this a dream project waiting to happen, or is this 2011 EV from a
> defunct manufacturer a trap to avoid at all costs?
>
> -Chris Koch
>
>
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