FYI: I went to the Ann Arbor Rolling Sculpture Auto Show last Friday evening and spoke with a guy named Keith who has converted an X 1/9 to electric drive AC not the typical DC drive.
He gave me a couple of business cards including one with a link to this:
Michigan Electric Autos
He said it only cost him $2.00-$3.00 a day to drive to work (I recall it being a good hike too). I asked if his conversion cost around $7,000, he said yes but it could be less for others.
I told him if I ever blew up the engine in my 1977 911 I would go electric. He said using an old 911 body is a popular choice.
Now the X 1/9.
2011 Rolling Sculpture - Ann Arbor pictures by kach22i - Photobucket
2011 Rolling Sculpture - Ann Arbor pictures by kach22i - Photobucket
Keith is braking systems engineer and joked if we all went electric that he would still have a future because he installed regenerative braking on this vehicle and knows something about it.