<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good news! <div class="">We picked up Ken’s 40 kWh battery from the local B&R today and made an adaptor to read data using Leaf Spy. </div><div class="">It’s looking great as you can see below. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We’re tentatively targeting Saturday morning 3/2/24 to start working on and hopefully complete the swap that day.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, you may have noticed that Stephen Hodges is interested in filming for his automotive YouTube channel you can see here. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BadIdeasGarage" class="">https://www.youtube.com/c/BadIdeasGarage</a></div><div class="">Ken and I were discussing how the story of the misrepresented LEAF from the Portland auction that is here, combined with a success might make an engaging story if we wants to cover that. So we are considering inviting him. Before I say yes, I'd to know if anyone has objections to being included in such a video. If so, feel free to contact me directly with any concerns. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 20, 2024, at 4:52 PM, Otmar Ebenhoech <<a href="mailto:cafe.electric@gmail.com" class="">cafe.electric@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hello EV friends!<br class=""><br class="">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!<br class=""><br class="">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.<br class="">I’m clearing space in my shop so we can do the swap here on the lift.<br class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">Does anyone have interest in being around while we work on it to see what’s involved?<br class="">If so we can plan a day and call a gathering around it.<br class=""><br class="">Otmar Ebenhoech<br class=""><br class="">2255 SE Crystal Lake Dr.<br class="">Corvallis, OR 97333<br class=""><a href="mailto:cafe.electric@gmail.com" class="">cafe.electric@gmail.com</a><br class="">Shop Voice and TXT 541-862-1606<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Caevlist mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Caevlist@caevclub.org" class="">Caevlist@caevclub.org</a><br class="">http://maillist.rdrop.com/mailman/listinfo/caevlist<br class=""></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>