The bolt pattern (the position of the bolt holes on the car and battery) is the same for older LEAFs and the newest ones, so mounting the newer pack is just a matter of removing it from the newer totaled LEAF and bolting it under the older one that has a degraded 24 kWh pack. No adapter plates, welding, drilling, etc. is needed to perform the swap.
After first having removed the old pack, I guess, with "one" referring to the older Leaf. Did you have visions of stacked batteries? Apart from some seriously reduced ground clearance and increased weight, it has some possibilities...
With 3 cars under their belt I suspect they are more keen to sell lots of kits than to become a refit factory. The key is the CAN "gateway".Calaveras wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:50 pmI keep reading threads that promote we that replacement batteries are right around the corner. This is closer but not quite there yet.
I am very hopeful, but skeptical. The fact that they are promoting this in the press rather than trying to buy up a bunch of 2018 salvage Leafs at auction suggest they are not expecting to be doing many conversions. ...
But maybe they're just using EVs Enhanced HV battery translator:
That is one of the challenges, and it will not get much better because the 40 kWh pack run has been very short and small in the USA.DougWantsALeaf wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:55 amThe challenge is that there are not that many 40kW packs for salvage around.