On 27 Feb 2013 at 15:10, Electric Blue auto convertions wrote: > I get a custom EV the way I want it ... total cost should be 1/2 the > cost of new factory built car.
Yes, this is the advantage of hobbyist or pro conversion. And as I pointed out before, you end up with an EV that you can work on yourself. It also has interchangeable parts so you can replace and upgrade with something other than exactly what the car came with, sold by the dealer. But that's not for everyone. We have folks on the EVDL who have long said they'd like an EV they can just buy and drive, and take to the dealer for maintenance and repair (under warranty, if possible). I know, many of us don't want to entrust repairs to dealers, but others are fine with it. And many folks don't want to or can't convert. I'm increasingly sympathetic with this view. As the years pass, I get less and less inclined toward crawling around under cars to reroute parking brake cables, and less interested in wrestling 65lb batteries into them. (I know, lithium cells are much lighter.) It won't be this year, but I hope that someday soon I'll be handing a check to a salesman in a suit uglier than any EV ever designed ;-), and driving off the lot in a factory EV of some kind. 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. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
