got those motors today look like new

Well i have been saving for machine work that needs to be done on my EV but the good news is that the Batteries that will be needed to run a car and are light enough and powerfull enough to cary you a distance and can be charged fast they are coming down on price as the price wars begin on Ebay there Li-Ion polymer batteries

Do you have a link to any specific batteries on Ebay? I haven't seen any EV sized cells that are dropping in price.

Me either, I went to look after reading engine man's post but didn't see anything. I forgot to come back and ask...

Just a guess, I'd imagine he's planning to build his own pack out of something like these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-11-1...A1318|301%3A0|293%3A 1|294%3A50

-Paul

I hope not since he'd need about 650 cells for his 240 volt pack. I assume he's talking about large format prismatics, which I have not seen for a low price on ebay.

quote Originally posted by JRP3: I hope not since he'd need about 650 cells for his 240 volt pack. I assume he's talking about large format prismatics, which I have not seen for a low price on ebay.

I have an account with some bulk suppliers, and got this quote, in case any of you are interested:

quote Hello Paul, Thanks for your inquiry to our company. The best price for this 72V/80AH LI-ION battery pack is USD $3200.00. Our 3.7V/100AH polymer battery is very hot selling now, we have agent in Poland. If you have any interest, please feel free let me know.

The bulk buy of course brings the price per unit down, but that's what I got for one.
And here's what they can supply:

quote 1) 24V/12Ah: 85 x 105 x 225mm, 3.2kg 2) 36V/18Ah: 85 x 145 x 305mm, 6.8kg 3) 24V/18Ah: 85 x 145 x 225mm, 5.0kg 4) 36V/15Ah: 85 x 125 x 305mm, 5.8kg 5) 24V/15Ah: 85 x 125 x 225mm, 4.0kg Currently we can customize all li-ion EV battery packs, such as 7.4V---72V, capacity at 6Ah, 8Ah, 10Ah, 12Ah, 15Ah, 18Ah, 20Ah, 40Ah, 60Ah and 100Ah, 150Ah, 200Ah,etc battery packs. All battery packs are assembled with high quality Battery Management System (BMS).

Interesting, who's the manufacturer, which chemistry? If that price includes the BMS, (depending on what the BMS actually does), that's a pretty good price at $.56/Wh, TS runs around $.50/Wh not including BMS, Sky Energy may be at $.35/Wh not including the BMS, so that might be a game changer. http://skyenergy.en.alibaba.com/
www.diyelectriccar.com/foru...o-0-35-26535p18.html

quote Originally posted by JRP3: Interesting, who's the manufacturer, which chemistry? If that price includes the BMS, (depending on what the BMS actually does), that's a pretty good price at $.56/Wh, TS runs around $.50/Wh not including BMS, Sky Energy may be at $.35/Wh not including the BMS, so that might be a game changer. http://skyenergy.en.alibaba.com/ www.diyelectriccar.com/foru...o-0-35-26535p18.html

Hehe... I'm not tellin... neener neener neener!

Just kiddin. I signed up at http://www.alibaba.com/ when I was getting quotes for my radiator-less design, and found that most of the wholesale prices there are at least a bit cheaper than anyone else. The company I got that quote from is GBP Batteries, run by Ellen Jiang...
Anyhoo, she's really quick to return responses, and gave me a full price breakdown on their smaller packs, in case someone wanted to build a custom pack, like one that would fill in the gas tank hump, etc... I think would provide great weight distribution...
-Paul

quote Originally posted by fieroboom: Hehe... I'm not tellin... neener neener neener! Just kiddin. I signed up at http://www.alibaba.com/ when I was getting quotes for my radiator-less design, and found that most of the wholesale prices there are at least a bit cheaper than anyone else. The company I got that quote from is GBP Batteries, run by Ellen Jiang... Anyhoo, she's really quick to return responses, and gave me a full price breakdown on their smaller packs, in case someone wanted to build a custom pack, like one that would fill in the gas tank hump, etc... I think would provide great weight distribution... -Paul

Hmmm, a super hot young chick running a battery company, or a nice photo to keep all of us horny EV builders off balance and willing to pay more? Either way it's a good plan The gas tank tunnel will only hold about half of my 108 volt 100 ah pack, the rest will probably go low in the front of the engine bay. The GBP battery is about an inch taller than the Thundersky battery, which means they'll hang down out of the tunnel further. Considering how low the Fiero is anyway that might be a problem, I'd hate to scrape my battery pack on the ground.