[bennelson]

I was browsing through Craigslist and found a Geo Metro for sale, cheap, with a title and a pretty good body.

The engine is bad, its a four cylinder with an automatic transmission.

Made me think, too bad it's an auto, otherwise it would be a perfect EV conversion.

But then, why couldn't it be? And why use it as an automatically-shifting transmission?

Is there some way to lock an automatic transmission in one particular gear? I know gear selectors usually have a Low,2nd, drive sort of a selection.

A couple summers ago, I got to drive a Solectria Force Geo Metro conversion. The body was that of an automatic transmission. I don't recall exactly what it had for a transmission in it.

What is required for an automatic transmission to run? What if it doesn't have to shift automatically? Could this be a decent EV conversion?

If not, what would be required to swap it over from automatic to a manual transmission? Do manuals and automatics have the same flywheel in them?

Just throwing some ideas out there.

-Ben