Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote:
When I realized I couldn't build a nice electric car for what I could
buy one for I gave up and bought a used Leaf EV.
So did I. We added a 2013 Leaf to my EV collection. It's hard to beat
the fit/finish/features for the price. It's my wife's car. She prefers
the comforts of new modern cars to drive any old conversion.
At the present time (the peak of the latest EV boom/bust cycle), it's
better to buy new than to build/convert. You basically can't *give* away
conversions at this point in the cycle. Conversions only do well during
the "bust" phase of the cycle, when you can't get auto company EVs.
I'd love to see us avoid the usual "bust" part of the cycle this time,
but history has a habit of repeating itself...
- It's happened many times before.
(history is the best predictor of the future)
- Gas prices are amazingly low.
(EV sales down, truck/SUV sales up)
- We're set to switch back to an all-republican government.
(There go all the EV subsidies. Back to drill baby drill.)
- Auto and oil companies are fervently looking for a new holy grail.
(diesel, fuel cell, tar sand, fracking, natural gas, biofuel...
ANYTHING to maintain the status quo with minimal change.)
My next project might be an Ultravan (3000 pound RV) with a Leaf drive train.
That's an interesting idea. :-) I've always liked Corvairs. My first car
was a 1961 Corvair, and I still own my 1965 Corvair Corsa. I keep
dreaming of converting it into an Electrovair. Notice how similar the
specs are to the much-later EV1.
https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/1966_Electrovair_II_Concept
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