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hi all,
I was browsing the forum earlier, and noted a lot of i3 owners loving their Rex, so it got me pondering an idea, can a Rex genny be fitted as a retrofit, either as a permanent fixture or remove able unit, and integrated into the leaf of env200 models.
I then research the i3 battery.
Ok, the i3 battery uses the same lithium manganese type lion chemistry, with a nom voltage of 3.7v, same as the Nissan, also, they have the same number of cells, the bmw has 96 cells voltage 360vdc, the Nissan, the same 96 cells (albeit in a 48 x 2 configuration, but target voltage is the same.
So, it could be done as the batteries are nigh on compatible, both want 360vdc, and clearly the Rex unit is capable of doing this.
If a Rex became available in a breakers yard for reasonable money, could this be done.
I used to have a Toyota Prius with a plug in hybrid conversion on it, plus some electronics that intercepted some fault codes sent across the can network as it didn't know where the extra energy was coming from, so would want to throw a code, but the electronics would intercept and cancel that particular error code.
For sure the leaf or env200 wouldn't like the extra energy arriving from somewhere, so would also want to throw a code, but as long as we know what codes they were these could also be intercepted.
If the unit wasn't too heavy and the space could be found under the frloor to mount the Rex, why couldn't this b done.
What you think?
I was browsing the forum earlier, and noted a lot of i3 owners loving their Rex, so it got me pondering an idea, can a Rex genny be fitted as a retrofit, either as a permanent fixture or remove able unit, and integrated into the leaf of env200 models.
I then research the i3 battery.
Ok, the i3 battery uses the same lithium manganese type lion chemistry, with a nom voltage of 3.7v, same as the Nissan, also, they have the same number of cells, the bmw has 96 cells voltage 360vdc, the Nissan, the same 96 cells (albeit in a 48 x 2 configuration, but target voltage is the same.
So, it could be done as the batteries are nigh on compatible, both want 360vdc, and clearly the Rex unit is capable of doing this.
If a Rex became available in a breakers yard for reasonable money, could this be done.
I used to have a Toyota Prius with a plug in hybrid conversion on it, plus some electronics that intercepted some fault codes sent across the can network as it didn't know where the extra energy was coming from, so would want to throw a code, but the electronics would intercept and cancel that particular error code.
For sure the leaf or env200 wouldn't like the extra energy arriving from somewhere, so would also want to throw a code, but as long as we know what codes they were these could also be intercepted.
If the unit wasn't too heavy and the space could be found under the frloor to mount the Rex, why couldn't this b done.
What you think?