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Most EVs don’t need gearboxes. You can shift gears just as well with a converted car.

A 911 SC, which was the base for this conversion, is around 1200kg empty. Add 80l of fuel and you are just under what a conversion that’s done right should weigh. Weight distribution goes from 60/40 to 55/45 ish.
Voiture Extravert still don’t have a road registered car. And their price has risen.

*Disclaimer: the conversion company I work for did not build or helped build this Porsche.
And having driven converted DSs; they are wonderful.
Converting existing cars makes no financial sense whatsoever. They are fun though. And nicer to look at than a diesel SUV.

Hyper9 motor with 44kWh of batteries would be around €24.000 ex vat for the parts to convert it yourself. Weight of the parts is just under 300kg. Range in a 900 would be 120 miles give or take.

The owner of the car took me for a spin; it’s not. I’ve driven older 911s before and this is so much more fun and at the same time much more usable day to day. Downside is this is a €300.000+ car and this demo might be used dailyish but I can’t see many customers do the same.

https://youtu.be/fKWe1R1bWOM

I would make some different choices myself (I hate Fuchs wheels) but this is the first EV conversion I’ve seen in the flesh where someone thought about all the details.

Dream electric car. Tesla model S performance motor, 74kWh battery pack, 0 to 62 in just under 4 seconds, custom carbon bodywork. To me it’s just the right balance between retro and modern. Totally unreachable for 99% of the people unfortunately

The owner of a local Porsche restomod shop came by with his new demo car. Tesla performance motor in the back, 74kWh battery pack, custum carbon body panels, custom interior, 0 to 62 in a shade under 4 seconds. I need a massive raise…

It was me, maybe. It takes up very little space. Hasn’t been used in months because of a herniated disc but it’s a great extension of my closet and clothes drying rack 😅

Because EV has been the term for electric cars for years?

Don’t be so sure; both DSs we’ve build in the past year are the only car in the household and used for everyday* driving and to go on holidays as well. On one we’ve even modified the charge communication module so the owner can charge on a campsite without tripping a fuse.
*One owner is a cyclist who uses his recumbent more than his car.

Nope, no idea.

Don’t really get the durable part, if anything reusing an existing car is more durable. And have you ever compared a 40 year old Mercedes with a 20 year old one? The 40 year old one was made to last, the 20 year old one was made to make a larger profit.

Nice!

A Taycan will impress your gc buddies more than an ev Citroën DS.
And there are many incentives for new EVs allready in place so why not for conversions? Why should I be paying for someone elses new EV and not for someones conversion? I like looking at a classic car a lot more than looking at a Model Y.

In The Netherlands that would be next to impossible to get on the road. We can’t really modify the shell end even swapping a Mini into a standard grp shell is getting very difficult.

The motors we use are from Netgain in the US but made in Italy and shipped straight to us in The Netherlands. The batteries are either second hand (Tesla) or new (Mercedes / VW overstock). The chargers are from China and we import them ourselves. The BMS system we use is from Latvia.
A kit for a VW Beetle starts around €23.000 ex VAT for a diy conversion with 44kWh of batteries and 20kW of charging. Fast charging is not available on “low” voltage conversions and “high” voltage conversions are more money because the motor costs more and you’ll need extra parts for CCS. Lots of conversion prices include restoration work which means more hours which means more money. Economy of scale plays another big part; we sell around 100 Hyper9 motors a year, some in a kit and some to companies creating their own. That is peanuts compared to an OEM.
Prices will only come down a bit through government incentives as raw materials only go up in price as do labour costs.

*I chose a Beetle kit as an example because it’s a simple conversion without any frills. No extras needed like ac, power steering.

Customer of ours has three series 3. Two identical blue coupes, both restored by him. One with a V12 and one we converted to electric with 110kWh of batteries (he wants to drive from Leiden to Paris in one go because he did so when he was just married). The electric one was imported from the States where someone fitted a V8 so we didn’t feel bad inserting a electric motor.
He also has a convertible that’s awaiting restoration.

I have Shimano ones, light coloured glasses that improve contrast in the woodsie bits and keep bugs and branches out of my eyes. €70ish

If you cross a road without looking and with headphones in you kinda have it coming. And a newish ice car that isn’t revving hard is just as quiet as an ev.

40ish is for a medium sized car, just the motor and reduction/ gear box for a big Yank tank like this will cost between 18 and 30 grand. And to have some range you’ll need a bigger battery pack as well.

Ready to drop in at the local jump line pumptrack bike park thingy. Asked one of the guys already there what the easiest jump was and proceeded to session it.

Took delivery of a Cannondale Dave last week, bike24 still had them in stock (I’m in NL). Been playing at the local jump line this weekend, much fun. And there is a pumptrack on my way home so bringing it tomorrow for some after work fun times.

Oef! Would love that as a winter bike.

What do you mean by spot welder for the batteries? Are you talking about a wire bonding machine? If so, don’t bother with the cheap ones, they are shit.