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#7 of 11 Re: Electric Vehicles - Locating and Buying [plekto] by gagrice Jun 01, 2007 (1:13 pm)
Replying to: plekto (Jun 01, 2007 11:27 am) The EV-1 leases ran out a long time ago. I do not know if any were sold. As far as I can tell they were all pulled back in by GM. They are stacked out in the desert or gone to the recyclers. I do not think GM wanted to replace any of those high priced batteries. The RAV4-EV were sold until 2003. There are a few out there. If memory serves me the battery replacement on the RAV4 EV was $29,000. Not a repair you would want to get stuck with. EVs for the present are toys for the wealthy environmentalist. Replies to this message: tpe (Jun 03, 2007 3:40 pm)
#8 of 11 Re: Electric Vehicles - Locating and Buying [gagrice] by tpe Jun 03, 2007 (3:40 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Jun 01, 2007 1:13 pm) EVs for the present are toys for the wealthy environmentalist.   The first automobiles were toys for the wealthy.
#9 of 11 GeeBee by gberry61 May 22, 2008 (1:12 pm)
I want to convert a '73 VW Type 3 vehicle to electric. It has a pancake engine, therefore does not have the room of a normal bug. Where can I go to get instructions on the procedures? Is there a book out that will outline the steps? Does someone sell a kit? Where is the most economical place to buy components?   GeeBee Replies to this message: plekto (Aug 22, 2009 1:02 pm)
#10 of 11 Phoenix electric cars by akjbmw Aug 22, 2009 (11:35 am)
Just did a little light searching and found that Phoenix Motorcars went into Chapt. 11 a few months ago. Anyone seen anything further and if it looks like they will return from the ashes like a Phoenix?
#11 of 11 Re: GeeBee [gberry61] by plekto Aug 22, 2009 (1:02 pm)
Replying to: gberry61 (May 22, 2008 1:12 pm) The problem with a Type 3 is that they are very heavy for their size. A Honda CRX or similar, for instance, minus everything that's not needed, ends up being close to 1500lbs. If you get more creative, you can use a gutted Mini or similar as well. That's 1360 or so lbs and without the engine and other bits, almost 1000lbs ready to convert.   http://www.evalbum.com/2407 The wagons are just right for this, IMO. ]   A Fiat 500 (original one!) weighed only 1100 lbs, but it likely wasn't built to handle 4 people(about the weight of the batteries you'd need).   EDIT - another option might be something like a street-legal sandrail.

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