Not very elegant, but you can use the conversion / adaptors that Leaf owners use. Not cheap though. There’s a few versions around. I know in the UK, there’s a Leaf forum that has had good results with the EV Boy type.

Regarding wiring, I didn’t use the 3rd (square one) of the 3 connectors on the outside of the battery that supplied the car’s hvac stuff. I just cut that section including the socket off the aluminium metal work. So any wiring that connected to that on the inside of the battery was left out in my build. It’s possible in the future I may get back to wanting heating, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Pictures are always good. Please post! Single biggest time sink for me was the complication of more than 1 battery box. I don’t know LR architectures, but if you can consolidate to only 2 instead of 3 you’ll appreciate it.

Also. What is preventing the use of chademo on the later leaf hardware? Is this ever likely to be fixed?

Hi! Yeah, the battery heater is not enabled. In the repair manuals they state they start up at -20 C and stop at -10 C. And with them being hard to fit for most builds i never enabled the functionality [image: 1770673976994-1666e9d5-edd5-414c-a121-75252141d87c-image.png]

Hi! The Resolve controller and leaf BMS have can termination. Unfortunately some older OLEDs also have can termination. but this is removed in newer versions. And it has not caused any issues for any customers as far as I know. So a tap in from the wires between the controller to the BMS is best.

Hello @matthewjstead and @KoduEV sorry for the late reply. Using other cell types with the leaf bms is not something I have done and can not really recommend. I know there are companies in China and on Alibaba that offer Leaf replacement packs with other cell types. I have heard from customers who have had success with that but can't really recommend it since I haven't tested it myself and don't know how it works

Much appreciated Isak! Thanks, Raine

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I just went in on the forum and saw a bunch of new messages! Unfortunately a little later than I would have liked to. But I will check on the forum more often in the future. If you want to get my attention and make it easy for me to see the post just @isak me and I'll get a notification

Hi @Emanuel ! If the wheels are turning now I believe you unfortunately got a bad display (we always test them before shipment but we have had a batch of bad OLEDs recently) Could you please reach out to us via email and I'll send you an new one. info@resolve-ev.com

You should wire it so that it can turn on during charging, but it won't turn on during chademo charging since no power converson happens then ( so no loss that heats up the PDM / OBC). So instead of wiring from ignition you should wire it directly to the 12V. However for most ev conversions the fan never turns on because not that much heat is generated either when driving or charging

No need to do a software update we install the latest versions on the Controllers before we ship them!

[image: 1768010126117-21212-resized.jpg] [image: 1768010249925-31313-resized.jpg] Donor car is a 2015 Nissan Leaf, shown above before and after removing the motor and drivetrain stack. Final design will use the original Corvair transaxle and forgo the Leaf differential.

The coolest ever 🥰 Well done!

@Sebbe1337, yeah, that's the plan. Since the torque box I found is expensive, it's also good for weight balance.

Hi Moha, the progress is not that fast. I started about a year ago. Its not much left to do, but I'm just sharing what I did here whenever I have some time. Ground clearance changed a bit. But the lowest part isnt the battery pack. Its the engine stack. Despite the height of the battery pack it itsnt the lowest point as there is so much space for the gas cyliners. They have a diameter of 30cm. [image: 1765709896866-20250331_140604-resized.jpg] To increase the ground clearance I changed the springs. The multipla had 30mm lowered Novitec springs. They were a bit old as well, so it was more than 30mm lowered. Now it got stronger springs from diesel/natural gas versions plus additional springs at the back to compensate the additional weight on the rear axel due to the battery pack. Here the old setup [image: 1765709904853-20250313_194959-resized.jpg] old vs new [image: 1765709918937-20250325_165856-resized.jpg] and the new setup [image: 1765709931562-20250313_194950-resized.jpg]

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