Motor and Battery Layout

Here's a mock up of the motor and battery layout:

There will be another row of batteries above this, and the same configuration on the other side. The motor mount will be welded to the battery box and the whole deal will bolt to the original frame mounting points. With the vertical mid plate of the battery box I should have sufficient stiffness without having to weld gussets to the frame. Final dimensions/layout might vary, but this is roughly what I have in mind. And of course the large plates will be shaped accordingly.

This layout gives plenty of space for the controller/BMS/charger/DC-DC converter to be placed above the motor or elsewhere.

Actually I'm going with 26 cells, so it will be 6 on the bottom and 7 on the top as shown, on each side.