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Solar power and storage prices have dropped almost 90% (interestingengineering.com)
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[โ€“] Zeoic 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you looked into Lifepo4 batteries lately? Their capacity and deep cycle life are quite price competitive these days, even up here in Canada.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not like lately lately, prices were so bad for so long. Got a supplier you could recommend?

I had hoped to start by building a pack for my small car using something like b-grade prismatics or good salvage cells from batteryhookup.com.

Currently running 8kWh of lead-acid which as we know might as well be around 3kWh usable. Going to lithium would really make a car out if it, but the car itself is a weird old thing and not worth much so I don't want to invest a ton into it.