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Maybe 10-12 years ago someone showed up at the Springfield German Father's Day show-and-shine with a Rabbit that had been converted to electric by the Sate of Oregon or a University or something. It had a trailer made from a gas/automatic Rabbit chopped at the dashboard and with the rear fascia grafted back on. The use case can limit your solutions, but not your imagination.
Forklift motors and lead acid batteries can get you 45mph and 50-70 mile range. Three-phase DC motors with Lithium Ion batteries can get twice the speed and twice range. 4x performance.
A used Volt battery pack today can be swapped out for solid-state electrolyte batteries when they come to market.
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