Converting a car to electric - any experience?
Morning sports-fans,
I am just toying with the idea of an EV conversion to a semi-classic car I have sat doing nothing at the mo.
I have read some articles and referenced a few companies who do this in the UK and Ireland - and seems completely achievable.
It also seems to range from £6k to £60k upward, so have no real idea on what the costs might be.
Has anyone here done this, and would be able to share thoughts?
I looked at electricclassiccars in the UK, and New Electric over in Ireland. Prices seem all over the place.
(I could not do the work myself, although they do sell kits for this.)
Cheers!
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Converting a car to electric - any experience?
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Originally Posted by
adrianw
I have never understood why anyone would want to,
Why not?
I quite like the idea of an electric Rover P5.
There’s an electric 1970s BMW3.0Csi coming up for auction which is a Tesla model S, 85 underneath. 250+ Mike range, 0-60 in under 3 seconds and an absolute stunner to look at. The only downside is the guide price of £150,000 plus. [emoji3525]
The upside for petrolheads is that another engine/gearbox etc becomes available to keep the gas guzzlers going. A win win situation for everyone.
Converting a car to electric - any experience?
I visited EV West when I was in CA just before Covid ( Jan - Feb 2020 )
They had done some really impressive conversions (VW Camper Pickup, 911, E36 BMW )
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At the time these were mainly based on crashed Tesla model underpinnings.
It looks like they now supply conversion kits - see the above link.
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