Now that I have calmed down and thought about everything I now realize that
what we have been doing for decades in car culture terms is restomoding. A
restomod is a vehicle that has been restored and modified. Example: A 350
Chevy in a Mustang. Distained by some in the car community but functional and
exciting for the owner. . One of the best in the electric vehicle community was
John Wayland. Blue Meanie comes to mind. Well engineered, a practical one
shot EV which he eventually got to a hundred mile range. However John had to
go to great lengths to quickly charge Meanie. No way it is coming down the
coast to California quickly. No fast charger. However if the vehicle is light
and the pack is small it might be possible to quickly charge using J1772. But I
digress slightly. After having a few factory EVs I can confidently say that no
one I know can even come close to that kind of performance the way we have been
doing our builds. Level 3 charging. I can take a 24 kw Leaf from San Diego to
San Francisco. So the future of our restomoding will be taking factory EV parts
and using them because like one EV expert said: "We take advantage of the
millions of dollars of engineering that goes into a vehicle for our platforms.
Now we will take EV drive trains and put them in vehicles of our choice. Or
with out the fuss simply buy a Tesla III because it is simply the best car ever
engineered. None of us could build that in our garage. Just don't total it and
expect to drive it again. That's what insurance is for. Lawrence Rhodes..
happy with my 24 and 30 kw Leafs...goodnuf for now.
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