Aussioffgrid
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HiGuys,
So.... I live in Australia. Government policies here are complicated and have resulted in low levels of EV purchase. Our property has a stand alone 48V solar system with a lead acidbattery bank that will need to be upgraded in the next 1-2 years.
The best solution might be to purchase a crashed EV battery, break down the modules and build a 48vbattery bank butthere don't seem to be any to buy in Australia.
It looks like you can buy crashed EV's all over the USA but according to an Australian Government website, it's illegal to import a vehicle into Australia to break up for parts. SoI can't import one to get the battery and on sell the restto a wrecker. A permit is required to bring a vehicle in so it would never make it off the docks without going through the legal channels.
No permit is required to import vehicleparts so I can just buy a battery bank and have it shipped herebut the shipping costcan be a killer.
Does anyone have a suggestion of where to purchase used EV batteries from low mileage cars in Japan or the USA andhow to ship theminto Australia with minimal shipping costs? I'm looking forapprox.40kw of EV battery but will take what I can get.
Chevy Bolt bank...
2 x Chevy Volt banks
2 x Chevy Spark banks...
Newer Nissan Leaf bank...
2 x older Nissan Leaf banks
Any ideas?
Thank you
Duncan
So.... I live in Australia. Government policies here are complicated and have resulted in low levels of EV purchase. Our property has a stand alone 48V solar system with a lead acidbattery bank that will need to be upgraded in the next 1-2 years.
The best solution might be to purchase a crashed EV battery, break down the modules and build a 48vbattery bank butthere don't seem to be any to buy in Australia.
It looks like you can buy crashed EV's all over the USA but according to an Australian Government website, it's illegal to import a vehicle into Australia to break up for parts. SoI can't import one to get the battery and on sell the restto a wrecker. A permit is required to bring a vehicle in so it would never make it off the docks without going through the legal channels.
No permit is required to import vehicleparts so I can just buy a battery bank and have it shipped herebut the shipping costcan be a killer.
Does anyone have a suggestion of where to purchase used EV batteries from low mileage cars in Japan or the USA andhow to ship theminto Australia with minimal shipping costs? I'm looking forapprox.40kw of EV battery but will take what I can get.
Chevy Bolt bank...
2 x Chevy Volt banks
2 x Chevy Spark banks...
Newer Nissan Leaf bank...
2 x older Nissan Leaf banks
Any ideas?
Thank you
Duncan