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

[Stephen Hodges]

I would love to come film a little bit of this for my automotive channel if
that would be cool?

Stephen Hodges
Managing Director


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On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 7:12 PM Alex Bessinger <ajbessinger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
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> 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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