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

[Michael Lorenzen]

Otmar,   I'd like to see the battery swap also…Thanks.  Mike

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> 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
> 
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