Certainly sealing the batteries would be essential and isolating them from the potential of water and seawater would be a primary criteria.
The easiest path to success here would be from original design and not retrofit I surmise. The concept does address a few of the draw backs currently associated with ev.
Phil Cook
MBA CET LEED AP
Batteries as ballast is a great idea. But it would work best if the hull was designed specifically with that in mind. If a full keel or modified full keel were designed to accomodate one of the popular case sizes then this would work great. I am thinking maybe 24 big 2v flooded cells for 48v at 1000ah. You would want redundant and VERY dependable bilge pumping systems, of course. Breathing chlorine gas would suck, I think.
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