In support of a Lithium solution (and my own build).
If it is only dollars, it looks to be a wash based on published pricing and lifetime. Many users do not do deep discharge and have longer lifetimes, the same is true for AGM, Lithium or plain old lead acid. So all the technologies get the benefit. Or they all can get toasted by mis-use. Store your vehicle with an active load and any battery will be junk in the spring. In my opinion the real benefit is reduced size and weight, in particular in our smaller conversions. At the 400AH level this is roughly a cubic foot.
Battery management is an issue, but there are solutions out there. If you are a hobbyist you can build your own, as I am.
Yup, we pay more than Tesla but then we don't buy millions of dollars of batteries. That has always been the case.
Ron
If it is only dollars, it looks to be a wash based on published pricing and lifetime. Many users do not do deep discharge and have longer lifetimes, the same is true for AGM, Lithium or plain old lead acid. So all the technologies get the benefit. Or they all can get toasted by mis-use. Store your vehicle with an active load and any battery will be junk in the spring. In my opinion the real benefit is reduced size and weight, in particular in our smaller conversions. At the 400AH level this is roughly a cubic foot.
Battery management is an issue, but there are solutions out there. If you are a hobbyist you can build your own, as I am.
Yup, we pay more than Tesla but then we don't buy millions of dollars of batteries. That has always been the case.
Ron