The Fiat 500E uses prismatic cells from Samsung that are nearly the same size as the Yuasa, but with greater capacity (64 Ah vs 50).
There is a 94 Ah version also that could be made to work.
Yuasa: 171 x 44 x 111 mm
Samsung 94: 173 x 45 x 125 mm
kiev wrote:Samsung SDI looks promising.
kiev wrote:Samsung SDI looks promising. This single cell weighs 4.19 lbs.
electronpusher wrote:Following this thread as I am very interested in upgrading our iMiev with a larger battery. For the time being however, we are considering making a Tesla battery pack range extender.
It will be interesting to see how those Samsung SDI cells go....