That's not totally fair since you get rid of the weight of the IC engine. That said battery electric cars are still a stupid idea.
Larry Alster 91 Miata White Knight 92 Miata Silver Bullet 92 Miata Honey B 04 MSM MX-5 Whooosh 06 WRX STi Subie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Ayala Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:13 AM Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Miata electric conversion See how you like driving around with 250lbs of sandbags in the car before spending money on 250lbs of batteries. ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Loe <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Miata electric conversion Okay I'm much more a "track nerd" than an "eco nerd", so I'm not really in the target demographic for this product. But ~$15k to turn a Miata into an electric with a 90 mile range? Suddenly I can think of about 100 more interesting things to do with $15k. Steven Loe On Sep 28, 2011, at 9:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: Here is an interesting 'power' idea for the early Miata: electric conversion kit. I'd call it: PEVmiata. Will FM be building these? Hard to say Flyin' Miata and battery power in the same sentence with a straight face. Much like the V-8 conversions are the average-man's super-car, this could be the average-man's Tesla Roadster. http://green.autoblog.com/2011/09/28/new-kit-makes-converting-your-miata-to- electric-power-easier-tha/ http://www.evmiata.com/ Interesting indeed! Jim in Tucson _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _____ _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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