<div dir="auto"><div>Jacob,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One of my big fears was that this was too obscure to have an enthusiast community, so I'm really glad to hear otherwise!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 10, 2023, 9:52 PM Jacob Field <<a href="mailto:jacobtimothyfield@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jacobtimothyfield@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you have plenty of time, money, and electrical savvy, I'd say go for it! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Jacob Field</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 10, 2023, 9:28 PM Christopher Koch <<a href="mailto:jazzjunkie.chris@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jazzjunkie.chris@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi all,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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!)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm trying to gauge the depth of what I'm getting myself into if I try to rebuild the battery.</div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is this a dream project waiting to happen, or is this 2011 EV from a defunct manufacturer a trap to avoid at all costs?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div>-Chris Koch<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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