http://forkenswift.com/ ForkenSwift: an inexpensive, DIY, medium-speed electric car
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Anybody remember the Medium-speed legislation and low-cost DIY nEV posts I previously made? http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Nestande-amp-Medina-for-medium-speed-35mph-vehicles-mEVs-td4661050.html EVLN: Nestande & Medina for medium-speed 35mph vehicles, mEVs http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Wooden-nEV-strong-and-biodegradable-td4656510.html EVLN: Wooden nEV, strong and biodegradable http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Palestinian-DIY-nEV-e-rickshaw-drives-around-Gaza-s-fuel-crisis-td4656853.html EVLN: Palestinian DIY nEV/e-rickshaw drives-around Gaza's fuel crisis http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-3-9k-OTV-Elf-pedal-solar-hybrid-e-trike-r-30mi-ts-20mph-1800MPGe-td4656857.html EVLN: $3.9k OTV Elf pedal-solar hybrid e-trike r:30mi ts:20mph 1800MPGe http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-8k-DIY-intricate-wooden-nEV-r-130-km-ts-50km-h-td4657855.html EVLN: $8k DIY intricate wooden nEV r:130 km ts:50km/h {brucedp.150m.com} - On Wed, Feb 27, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Bill Dennis wrote: > There's the Forkenswift. > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of EVDL Administrator > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:05 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Damiler BMW > > On 27 Feb 2013 at 10:10, Electric Blue auto convertions wrote: > > > But yet some poor sap that can hardly buy food can do it in his garage > > for about 1/250th of the price and make it work the first time out > > Now there's an interesting question. Who here has built a really > low-cost > EV and would like to tell us how he/she did it? > > I seem to recall the Lee Hart has built some bargain-basement > conversions. > EVDL old-timers will also recall Bob Rice talking about his "duct tape > and > baling wire" style EV creations. > > Another one that stands out in my mind is the Forkenswift, originally > built > some years back for around $1000, IIRC. That's roughly 1/21 of the > $21,300 > base cost of a stripped-down Nissan Leaf (after the federal tax credits). > > It wasn't 1/250 of the cost (I wish!), and you couldn't drive it on the > innerbelt (too slow), but it was definitely a lot cheaper than the shiny > new > factory EVs. > > > All these car companies are building a "new EV", but I never see them, > > just a prototype that never hits the streets. > > I too was skeptical for many years, having read too many promises back in > the 1970s. I'm now cautiously optimistic. > > We're at the point where I could walk into a Nissan dealer, hand them a > check, and drive out in an EV, something that 10 years ago I honestly > thought would never happen in the USA. > > Now, let's see if it continues and grows. I keep wondering how long > it'll > be before Nissan (and Tesla and GM and ____) say "Sorry, sales just > aren't > good enough, we have to discontinue our EVs." > > Factory EVs have opened up the field to more people. > > Fifteen years ago, your EV choices were pretty limited. If you had good > mechanical skills and time, and were in reasonable physical condition, > you > could convert your own. If you had lots of money, you could buy a nice > factory conversion (a Solectria Force cost 2.5 to 3 times what the base > Geo > Metro cost). > > Or you could hire someone to do a conversion for you - if you could find > such a shop. Unless you were on the west coast, most likely you'd have > to > go out of state and have your EV shipped in. If there were problems, > good > luck. > > No matter what the source, if you wanted or needed a car that you could > just > take to the corner mechanic when it needed service, forget it. EV owners > had to either be mechanically adept or know someone who was. > > Today, if you WANT to do your own maintenance and repair, conversion is > still your best approach. But - at least for now - the field of EV > ownership is much more open than it used to be. That's a good thing. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL > Information: > http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > = > = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. 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