I test drove an electric conversion vw bug and vw gti 25 years ago. I saw but did not drive electric porsche 914s and fiat 124s 20 years ago. I remember seeing electric miata conversions. This is not new and it should continue
Comment on The Uruguayan company teaching people how to turn regular cars into EVs.
forrcaho@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Although safety is certainly a legitimate issue, I can almost guarantee that car manufacturers will use that as an excuse to kill this form of competition – yet another way in which capitalism is dooming our species to extinction.
bamfic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
bassad@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
A company in my city created an EV conversion kit for any cars years ago. As they could not get certification for all models, they made a partnership with the constructor and managed to have certification for only 1 model (Renault Master, a utility truck) and now the company is controlled by Renault (the constructor).
They indeed killed the competition…
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It’s almost like they should be open sourcing the method, so it can be accessible to anyone.
bassad@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately open sourcing is not an option without certification, cause vehucles will not be allowed to go on roads.
At least here in europe
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
As long as the car is inspected and passed after the fact I don’t see why you would need certification for the actual conversion. Of course that’s a big risk on the owner, but if you’re pretty sure you know what you’re doing it’s not that much of a risk