This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying V2

Another high mileage Ev

2021 leaf with over 300k on the clock and some battery issue for a little under 5k.

https://www.donedeal.ie/damagedcars-for-sale/2021-nissan-leaf-notdamaged-drive-away/41090826

Yes, a Kangoo is probably a lot more usable as a daily driver and range wouldn’t be far off the LDV even though it has a much smaller battery. It’s a pity the Kangoo doesn’t have 3 seats across the front like a Partner.

For sure the lack of DC charging etc. really limits the Kangoo. The LDV DC charging rate of 30 kW would be a bit of a pain though. It would take at least 90mins to go to 80% from empty. I assume you were getting around 200Km of range on your road trip from a full battery. What would it cost to do a camper conversion like yours ?

How long is a piece of string? You can do it as cheap as you want to. A lot of what I spent went into insulation and electrics and the captain swivel seats. None of those are required for an official conversion. Biggest bill for most people is the VRT

And 30kW charging is a tad faster than 3kW 😂 But yeah, you gotta take it handy. I left first thing in the morning, stopped after an hour and a half for a charge and to make coffee and do some work. Rinse & repeat, next stop had a big fry up for breakfast / lunch and some more work, etc.

Yes in my case I took out the 12V lead acid battery, so my only 12V battery is now the combined vehicle / leisure battery. Which is automatically topped up from the HV battery by the DC-DC converter if the contact is on. Beats the hell out of having a stinky diesel engine running!

In my own setup this is only really needed if I want to run the heating for hours on end like in winter camping as my battery / solar PV setup is very substantial. In summer I can be off grid indefinitely without ever needing a top up

I've only ever been to 1 campsite for 1 night, all my other overnights were wild camping. And they charged a fixed fee of €15 for the overnight including electric hookup. You won't trip the supply fuse, it will just give you a certain maximum amperage you can draw afaik. In my case I didn't check but I got a full charge, so it was likely about 10A (2.4kW)

But I can self granny charge 😁

The camper is my toy. I wanted to do a conversion for a while, and I wanted to climb Carrauntoohil, but ultimately what my hobby is, is off and on grid battery electric systems. Insulation, plumbing, flooring, building, etc. are necessary jobs for that, but not my core interest

In the short period I have had the van, I have already tried several different electrical setups and played with them. Pretty much tried everything I wanted to try. The only thing that would still be on my wish list is a leisure battery-less system with a bi-directional DC-DC that can discharge the HV battery into my appliances (or into my home / the grid as V2G), yet can charge the HV battery from solar PV and other sources. Entirely possible, but that bi-directional bit of hardware is too expensive for my liking

So anyone interested in buying my camper, can have any sort of electrical system they want really

A cheap EV van stuffed full of repurposed Tesla/Leaf/other batteries and V2L - ready to kick into action when the dynamic pricing happens sounds really cool! :)

A Bat Van, if you will, a superhero for EV owners.

1700 for the 56kwh battery and the van is free, or close to free.

Cheapest Evalia in the UK on Autotrader is 10 years old and has GBP8k asking price and has a miserable range with the 24kWh gross battery

The €5k rough Zoe 52kWh is sold. Was tempted to buy it myself for my other daughter, but the timing wasn't quite right, only need a longer range EV for her in about 6 months time, probably selling my i3 at some stage before then too. Clean car, very high spec, low mileage and will be cheapest in the country if anyone interested

Yes - mention it to me closer to the time? Am looking at a few at the moment. What year?

Currently at €950 but plenty time to go. What’s going on with the passenger side, a previous repair that was primed but not painted and just re wrapped ? An Post might want to spend a few bob on driving lessons, nearly all of these I’ve seen have extensive panel damage particularly on the passenger side.

45 mins would put 5-6kwhs in the battery? Would that be enough to tip onto Galway city from yours? Hints at ~12kms per kwh? That would make it very useful indeed, and well worth considering