[Caevlist] Leaf 24 kWh to 40 kWh Swap happening soonish

[Alex Bessinger]

I've done several LEAF battery upgrades, so it's nothing new for me. It's a
pretty simple swap for sure, but if I can be of any assistance, let me
know! I'm pretty busy getting my new shop set up, but I might be able to
make the trek down there to hang out depending on the day.
The biggest hurdle/issue you'll likely encounter is since the car is a ZE0,
the instrumentation may get a bit wonky (e.g., SoC bars and "guess-o-meter"
may not reflect properly). On a 2013 or newer AZE0, this isn't an issue. I
do know a guy that is a dealer for the EVs Enhanced CAN bridges who can
reprogram the VCM to fix this issue, but usually he does it in conjunction
with the sale of one of the CAN bridges, so I'm not sure if he would do it
as a stand alone service.

Alex Bessinger
QC Charge #2
8750 NE Emerson St
Portland, OR, USA, 97220


On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 6:14 PM Otmar Ebenhoech <cafe.electric at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I’m getting many interested responses already, mostly off-list that people
> want to see this.
> I think it will be a fun time!
>
> I’ll let the list know as soon as Ken and I  decide what day works best..
> Possibly a weekend would be better to allow more pope to show up.
>
> Otmar Ebenhoech
>
> 2255 SE Crystal Lake Dr.
> Corvallis, OR 97333
> cafe.electric at gmail.com
> Shop Voice and TXT 541-862-1606
>
> On Feb 20, 2024, at 5:05 PM, Shawn Tucker <shawntucker541 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Sounds like a good time. I’m in.
>
> Sent from my iPhone.
> Any misspellings or grammar mistakes are my iPhones fault. Go by what I
> mean, not what my iPhone says.
>
> On Feb 20, 2024, at 4:52 PM, Otmar Ebenhoech <cafe.electric at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello EV friends!
>
> Ken Vandehey of our group has arranged to get a 40 kWh battery from a 2018
> wreck from B&R with plans to swap into his 2012 LEAF. Yay for a massive
> range upgrade!
>
> Once we pick up the pack, possibly in the next few days, we’ll wire up an
> adaptor cable and use LEAF-Spy to read BMS data before putting it in the
> car.
> I’m clearing space in my shop so we can do the swap here on the lift.
> We’ve got the CAN Bridge board from China that accepts open source code
> from Dala to allow the car to accept the battery, and we have watched a lot
> of videos. Looks like it shouldn’t be too hard. Fingers crossed.
>
> Does anyone have interest in being around while we work on it to see
> what’s involved?
> If so we can plan a day and call a gathering around it.
>
> Otmar Ebenhoech
>
> 2255 SE Crystal Lake Dr.
> Corvallis, OR 97333
> cafe.electric at gmail.com
> Shop Voice and TXT 541-862-1606
>
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