Some general rules on lithium:

Upgrading from Nimh to Li will increase your range by about 20%.

Upgrading from LA to Li will increase your range by about 80%.

Lithium cell groups have to be balanced before they are assembled in to the desired packs.  For instance, if you are aiming to build a 120VDC pack by building 10 12VDC groups, you have to fully charge the 10 12VDC groups prior to assembling them for the first time in to the 120VDC battery pack.  Once this has been done you can charge them and discharge them as a whole.

A fully charged and balanced Li battery pack will remain balanced as long as you do not exceed 3C in discharge.

Lithium batteries are very obedient.  They will continue to provide current if you want it, even if it means their death and destruction.  For this reason it is very important that you monitor the charge on the groups at all times.  A good tool for this is the PakTrakr.  A 12V group of Li should not be allowed to fall below 10.8V, set your discharge cut off at this point.  This allows a level of safety, a margin.  There is a specific known level at which a Li will not recover, and we know what that level is....but we are not going to tell you because someone out there will set their cut off at .0001VDC above that point and then wonder what happened.  Set your cut off at 10.8VDC per 12VDC pack.  That is 2.7VDC per cell, a comfortable margin.

LionEV batteries will remain balanced as long as you do not exceed 3C in discharge.  If you exceed 3C in discharge they will become imbalanced over time.  This will not damage them but it will require that they be individually re-balanced to regain their full capacity.  To avoid the hassle of taking your packs apart to balance them we recommend that you employ autmatic balancers in your packs.  The absolute best one out there is the BatteQ.

You may use almost any pure DC isolated charger to charge the packs if you employ the PakTrakr and BatteQ technology in your vehicle.  Set your upper limits at 3.8VDC per cell, and your lower at 2.7VDC per cell and you are all set.

Lithium batteries do not like to take a charge below freezing.  I mean, think about it, would you?  For both of you who live where it is below freezing all of the time, install  a thermostaticaly controlled heating blanket under the pack to keep it above freezing.  For the rest of us who live in areas where liquid water exists at least for a short period every year, here is a tip.  Li batteries will discharge way below zero degrees F, and when discharging they will generate heat to well above freezing.  When placed on a charger Li batteries will generate heat well above freezing.  So.....when you get home from any drive, any time of the year, your batteries are warm enough to take a charge, and will stay warm until fully charged if you plug them in as soon as you park the vehicle.  A little time management goes a long way, and the best time to plug in your charger is as soon as you get home.

Li batteries love to be kept on a charger, they have no memory.  Our current battery packs have well over 2000 charge cycles in them.  This does not mean that you can only plug in the charger 2000 times, it means that you can fully deplete them and fully charge them 2000 times.  If you only drive 50 or 60 miles a day on a 200 mile pack, and plug it in every day, you are going to get about a gazillion charge cycles before the pack falls to 80 percent capacity.

Li packs do not require water cooling, air works just fine.  They do generate heat, and you do have to move that heat away from them.  The air movement created by the vehicle during a drive is sufficient to cool the packs.  Route this through your packs.  A properly ventilated Li pack will settle in at about 114F.

Li batteries do not vent gasses as long as 3C in discharge is not exceeded.  Some venting can occur above that.  The venting gasses are non-toxic.

Follow the few simple rules of Lithium and they will last a lifetime.



    Replacement packs are now available for the most popular EV's and Hybrids/PHEV's.  The prices shown below do not include taxes or shipping which will be determined based upon the shipping destination.

    If you are not in urgent need of a replacement pack you can save up to 25% of the listed price by putting your name on our queue system.  Queue orders are filled when the count reaches 1000 units which provides for the greatest shipping and manufacturing discounts.  Queues are expected to hit this number within 30 days.  To put your name on the Queue send an email to:  Queue@LionEV.com  and state the desired vehicle battery pack.  A $100 non-refundable deposit is required at the time your name is added.  You will be notified of your ship date when the order is filled, the remainder of the price plus shipping and taxes will be due at that time.

    Replacement packs are designed to be within 1.75VDC of the original factory specifications.

Chevrolet S-10 EV
$15,900.00

Ford Ranger EV
$14,000.00

Honda Accord PHEV
$1,125.00

Honda Civic PHEV 2003
$1,125.00

Honda Civic PHEV 2006
$1,250.00

Honda EV Plus EV
$14,000.00

Honda insite PHEV 
$1,125.00

Kangoo EV
$2,100.00

Reva G Wiz EV
$8,100.00

Think City EV
$11,925.00

Toyota Prius PHEV 2004
$1,575.00

Toyota Prius PHEV 2006
$2,250.00

Toyota Rav4 EV
$14,000.00

Zap Xebra
$11,925.00

    Lithium packs require special chargers, these are priced at $725.00.  A universal charging harness is also required, this is priced at $240.00.  The above packs include PCM/Equilizers. 

    

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