[jackbauer]

vpoppv , I very much agree with your sentiments. I too have been interested in evs for a long time. When the internet came about I read any and all information on the subject but the typical: Motor $2000 , controller $2000 etc killed all hope. Then in the summer of 2009 I watched a series of videos on youtube of a guy taking a forklift motor and putting it in a car. I now have a lifepo4 powered ev that easilly hits 75mph and fullfills all my transport needs. Lots of people laughed , laugh and continue to laugh at me. I don't really care. One of the mistakes all the laughers make is that i'm some treehugger trying to convince them that all cars should be electric. I couldn't give a toss what they drive. As far as i can tell i have the only road legal home built ev in the entire country of Ireland! Drive whatever makes YOU happy. In my case its an ev.

Any idiot can spend money to solve a problem. Any idiot can walk into a dealership and drive out in a new car. Its when you DON'T have money or the dealer WON'T sell the kind of car you want that sorts the men from the boys.