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dcb · 05-08-2009, 05:34 PM

I would talk to the local electric motor/starter/alternator rebuild place with the details about the motor and ask them about rewind/rebuild costs.

$3 grand for an EV with fairly fresh batteries sounds like a pretty good deal to me if the motor rebuild isn't much more than $500 or so. The motors are not complicated at all, one could conceivably rewind it by hand with a lot of patience (some folks do).

Might wonder why the motor is toast after 1000 miles though.

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