Where are LEV46 or LEV40 cells sold?

[AGHT]

Where are LEV46 cells sold in the US or Japan in small quantities, say 3 or 4 cells? New is preferable, but if they are not available, very good used condition (tested), including LEV40 cells would be acceptable.

A wider question is why are these cells so hard to find to allow PHEV owner the right to repair if the objective of PHEV's and EV's is to reduce environmental impact of older technologies? Why is it that if even one cell goes bad the entire PHEV (in this case a 2013 Outlander PHEV) is not only disabled, but so hard to replace the individual cell(s)?

 

[PHEV07]

Where are LEV46 cells sold in the US or Japan in small quantities, say 3 or 4 cells? New is preferable, but if they are not available, very good used condition (tested), including LEV40 cells would be acceptable.

A wider question is why are these cells so hard to find to allow PHEV owner the right to repair if the objective of PHEV's and EV's is to reduce environmental impact of older technologies? Why is it that if even one cell goes bad the entire PHEV (in this case a 2013 Outlander PHEV) is not only disabled, but so hard to replace the individual cell(s)?

Found this one on EBay

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/29617370884...2Lbe68mSlS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[DougF]

Found this one on EBay

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/29617370884...2Lbe68mSlS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I noticed that the battery in the listing has 66% of its original capacity according to the seller. Speaking as a lay person without expertise, I think that if I were buying for use in the Outlander, I'd want a capacity closer to the original.

 

[kernelpanic]

Happy new year everyone.

Came across this. They currently have a complete Outlander battery and seem to be selling LEV40, LEV46 and LEV50 cells at the moment.

In Strasbourg, (France).
https://www.leboncoin.fr/profile/1db791d2-f26c-449e-af1f-74dd7306fe93/offers

It may be helpful to somebody out there.

 

[AGHT]

Where are LEV46 cells sold in the US or Japan in small quantities, say 3 or 4 cells? New is preferable, but if they are not available, very good used condition (tested), including LEV40 cells would be acceptable.

A wider question is why are these cells so hard to find to allow PHEV owner the right to repair if the objective of PHEV's and EV's is to reduce environmental impact of older technologies? Why is it that if even one cell goes bad the entire PHEV (in this case a 2013 Outlander PHEV) is not only disabled, but so hard to replace the individual cell(s)?

Has anyone had any experience with LEV40 cells from
EvBaltic (quality of battery cells, shipping time, etc)?

LEV40 cell listing:
https://evbaltic.com/li-ion-battery-cells/mitsubishi-outlander-phev-battery-cell/#

 

[Noayme]

if you are replacing the batteries with the newer technology/quemistry, you can not only increase the capacity but shave a lot of kilos in the process. don't need to touch the BMS, you may "lose" autonomy, but your battery will last many more years! go for the 55/58Ah compatible with the size requirements and matches the specifications from the old one except the Ah which will be higher.

 

[chezz]

Where are LEV46 cells sold in the US or Japan in small quantities, say 3 or 4 cells? New is preferable, but if they are not available, very good used condition (tested), including LEV40 cells would be acceptable.

A wider question is why are these cells so hard to find to allow PHEV owner the right to repair if the objective of PHEV's and EV's is to reduce environmental impact of older technologies? Why is it that if even one cell goes bad the entire PHEV (in this case a 2013 Outlander PHEV) is not only disabled, but so hard to replace the individual cell(s)?

I haven't seen it anywhere in the forum but I would have thought if you are repairing the battery pack that you would need to replace it with the same type of cell and if you wanted to upgrade you would need to replace every battery cell in the whole pack with the higher capacity one . And someone has actually asked this question on the 25th of October last year and hasn't had any replies?