hr_sea wrote:
With the resale value of the Nissan Leaf so low, I was looking at getting one to tow around as a portable battery pack. It has a 20 some-odd KW battery pack. Could run the motorhome roof AC for hours at a time at night when dry camping and still be able to drive around national parks, etc. (in practice it won't work because the 12V converter can only put out 74 amps at 13.6V, 1KW which isn't enough to run the AC)
I think with the right engineering you could get an inverter that runs off the main battery buss. I don’t know what that is but it would be kinda cool. But I think it would be easier to get a pack from a wrecked Leaf and make a compact sled on a trailer. Used packs are not much cheaper than cars though from what I understand. I also think the pack that comes out of smart car electric is a lot more compact. Sooner or later someone is going to do it.
