Monday, February 2, 2009

Investigations and Negotiations

Lots of interesting back-and-forth.

PackTrakr to keep track of battery state: Yes, required.
LED Lights: Maybe.
Nice not to have to worry about non-standard Chinese bulb bases and flaky lights.
Big Question: Six batteries or Seven?
The trick AC controller is kind of an unknown in all this.
Will it support the higher voltage (and therefore higher range and maybe better acceleration) or will it flake out. Inquiring minds want to know. If it works it will be very nice and additional tax credits might accrue due to the larger KW battery capacity on which they're based. Looks like we'll stay under $10K after the tax 'advantages', even with the upgrades.
We'll see...