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"Last year [Jimmy] got a request from a customer ([Dave]) to help convert a
1998 Nissan Frontier pickup into an electric drive vehicle, with a crashed 2019
Nissan Leaf providing the battery and electric motor for the conversion. He has
documented the months-long journey with plenty of photos, as well as a series
of videos over at the [EVSwap Conversions] YouTube channel. While the idea
sounds easy enough, there’s a lot more to it than swapping out the ICE with an
electric motor and sticking some batteries to the bottom of the car somewhere
with double-sided tape. The pickup truck got effectively stripped down and
gutted, before the 110 kW (150 HP) motor got installed using an adapter plate.
The donor Leaf’s battery pack came in at a decently sized 40 kWh, which should
give the converted Nissan Frontier BEV a range of easily 100 miles. This pack
was split up into two packs, which got put into a custom aluminium battery box,
each mounted on one side of the driveshaft. The charging port got installed on
the front of the car, next to the logo, discreetly behind a panel. The front of
the car had much of the openings that were needed for the ICE’s radiator sealed
up for reduced air friction, along with the new low-friction tires that got
installed. Although this converted car still has a radiator, it only needs to
assisting cooling the motor stack (including inverter and charger) when driving
slowly or charging, making it far less demanding and thus allows for a more
sleek front.
As a bonus, the car still has the manual 5-gear shift, just without a clutch,
and the pickup bed can now also tilt, albeit with hydraulics (so far).
Considering that it started with a decent 1998 pickup and totaled Nissan Leaf,
this is among the cleanest conversions we have seen, not to mention a good use
of a crashed BEV.
Thanks to [JohnU] for the tip."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
