[Flakbadger]

Depending on what EV sales are like in Australia (not great to the best of my decidedly limited knowledge), a used Nissan Leaf might be the order of the day. I dunno, they were practically giving them away because they don't have the range of newer EVs. Mine was $13,600 after a $2,500 state rebate, for a car with ~100 miles of usable range and less than 30,000 miles on it... And it came with heated seats/steering wheel, power everything, tinted windows, heated mirrors, sat radio (which I don't bother with), A/C and hybrid heater.

However, if you do want to make your own conversion, more power to you (hah, pun). I've always thought that would be an absolute blast to do, if you had the shop space and the time.

Definitely looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Welcome to the site.