Yaj yak is goin' green. Battery powered vehicles ftmfw. #Longthread

[Yaj Yak]

well, there's 8 batteries. so id need a few of them and once you left the warm garage theyd be cold again right? unless they ran on the power they were warming.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Proper wording is battery blanket

 

[DEEZUZ]

I'm sure they get hot AF during use.

 

[Mike K]

i basically wrote the thread hoping for your posts. i tagged you even!

so to combat my power do you think i could turn heat on in my garage, warm the thing up and make it further?

Absolutely. If there's a heated place for it to spend it's time that's gravy. You'll definitely get more range. The cool thing though is it's probably hackable. Those things tend to use off the shelf batteries and you might just be able to add more.

 

[Yaj Yak]

intertasting

 

[EmersonHart13]

And [MENTION=396]Mike K[/MENTION] totally swoops in and redeems himself

 

[Mike K]

I just did some really quick searching and it looks like some people have played around with them. Actually that sounds like a neat toy because it doesn't appear to be using any kind of proprietary batteries. So you can make other batteries work I would think and could potentially add more or just get the same voltage batteries with larger capacity.

You'd need to find out if the motor is DC or AC and if there's a DC to AC inverter like you have in a Tesla. This all sounds very simple on first thought.

 

[Yaj Yak]

YESSSSSSSSSS

ok ill tear it apart or look lol

 

[Mike K]

Horsepower bump - Page 3 - Can-Am Commander Forum

According to this post it's DC to AC and the inverter can take up to 76 volts, which in theory means you could add more batteries easy peasy.

 

[Yaj Yak]

so my lil bro knows that guy.. i need to reach out to him.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

scrolled through and nothing about giving her hell out in this snow??? holy Tokyo drift

 

[SleeperLS]

Proper wording is battery blanket

K

 

[1quick]

awesome purchase

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Do they sell battery heaters or a sleeve that will wrap around the battery?

I have seen sleeves for batteries. I think they are mostly in cold climate areas where it’s sub zero weather.


However most of this are made for the traditional 12 or 6v battery sizes.

 

[Yaj Yak]

scrolled through and nothing about giving her hell out in this snow??? holy Tokyo drift

it's cold

I have seen sleeves for batteries. I think they are mostly in cold climate areas where it’s sub zero weather.


However most of this are made for the traditional 12 or 6v battery sizes.

the batteries are all group 31 12v batteries. there are 8 of them.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

it's cold







the batteries are all group 31 12v batteries. there are 8 of them.

I pity you when you have to replace them.

I wonder if they’ll make a lithium based replacement pack.

 

[Yaj Yak]

whys that

 

[Yaj Yak]

lithium was an OE option, but it was like a metric fuckton more money, and apparently you need a different onboard charger with lithium? dunnno.

 

[Yaj Yak]

lithium 12v group 31 batteries are

lead acid will happen

 

[RICH17]

I need to come over and steal the keys

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

lithium was an OE option, but it was like a metric fuckton more money, and apparently you need a different onboard charger with lithium? dunnno.

Those SLA batteries are likely Deep Cycle marine style batteries. So you are probably looking at $1200+ for replacement batteries of a similar performance curve. Electric vehicles are way more demanding on the constant and surge draw than a starter is.

Lithium is more yes, but it likely has way more punch and acceleration even if the top speed isn't higher. Also longer lasting as well I'll bet.

EDIT: Just looked up the battery packs. The SLA batteries are 9.4KWh total, while the Lithiums are 21kwh. So that would explain the price difference. Twice the battery capacity, and probably 4 to 5x the maximum continuous current draw. That explains the price differences a bit.

 

[boostedguy05]

Or you know, bring some silver bullets and ask nicely.

 

[J-LO]

cool pick up!

 

[ChrisRac]

Read this totally thinking you got the shipping version of Catfished. Glad it all worked out for you and congrats on the pickup!

 

[Yaj Yak]

Those SLA batteries are likely Deep Cycle marine style batteries. So you are probably looking at $1200+ for replacement batteries of a similar performance curve. Electric vehicles are way more demanding on the constant and surge draw than a starter is.

Lithium is more yes, but it likely has way more punch and acceleration even if the top speed isn't higher. Also longer lasting as well I'll bet.

EDIT: Just looked up the battery packs. The SLA batteries are 9.4KWh total, while the Lithiums are 21kwh. So that would explain the price difference. Twice the battery capacity, and probably 4 to 5x the maximum continuous current draw. That explains the price differences a bit.

do you sell batteries?