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

[Christopher Koch]

Jacob,

One of my big fears was that this was too obscure to have an enthusiast
community, so I'm really glad to hear otherwise!

I hear what you're saying about how tedious an 18650 build would be without
some sort of automation; the only reason I would consider it is because I
already have so dang many of them! If they aren't a good fit I'll just go
with plan A which is use them to make my family a battery backup for their
farm house.
The 18650s I have are already assembled into little 3S3P submodules so if
the stars align and the form factor is a Cinderella fit into the stock
envelope that would take a lot of the work out of it.

-Chris

On Wed, May 10, 2023, 9:52 PM Jacob Field <jacobtimothyfield at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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