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Old 04-15-2010, 07:37 PM   #16 (permalink)
bennelson
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Wow - it would really be ball-park numbers I would be shooting at you.

It also depends on what you mean by "regular ev". A Forkenswift or Electro-Metro CAN be done for around a grand.

Various places sell EV Kits - those might be a good place to start in terms of getting some better pricing ideas.

I have seen kits that range in price from 6 to 14 thousand dollars.

A friend of mine who built an Electric S10 spent about $10,000 on the conversion for a 9-inch motor, 144V system, charger, controller, and 24 6v batts.


If you built a hybrid, you might be able to get away with a lower system voltage, smaller motor, and less costly parts. Certainly fewer batteries.

In general EV conversions really are NOT cheap, unless you are really good at salvage.

My friend Tom has a 300V Dodge Neon with an AC motor in it. He only has several thousand dollars in that project, but a pallet of batteries, and AC motor and drive all showed up at his recycling business one day.....
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