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• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t apply physics to a wishlist. That’s not how wishing works. I’m aware it’s not possible, but stick shift is just fun to drive.

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  • Letme@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Of course it’s possible, electric conversion kits have been around for decades, and only work with manual transmissions. We just need the battery and charging tech applied to conversion kits. Who wants to start up an EV conversion kit company with me?

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    • Zron@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would love to convert my car to an electric, but it’s an automatic so I’d have to spend as much as a new car to convert it.

      A drop in ECU replacement and motor/battery would be great, but I doubt the auto industry or the government is going to allow the sale of third party drop in ECUs.

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      • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Actually, they do allow (in the US) in an 80’s car. A lot of the regulations around that sort of thing are very relaxed for classics.

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      • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Third-party ECUs are already wildly popular items (Holley Sniper and Terminator along with less popular third-party products).

        Also, your car being an automatic isn’t the difficult part of the conversion, having to fabricate the parts to adapt the drivetrain and battery are.

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    • bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The issue is the complexity of the bespoke design of drive trains. It’s nigh on impossible to design a “one size fits all” or even “fits a majority” of solutions for a conversion kit that isn’t stupidly expensive.

      See: Edison Motors. A Canadian heavy haul truck manufacturer startup that is trying to offer electric conversions for commercial light and medium duty trucks.

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      • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Edison is working with Deboss Garage (youtube) to build electric and hybrid electric conversions for passenger trucks too.

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  • futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sure, for a price, someone could set you up with a placebo stick shift.

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• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  just dont make it direct drive. boom.

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  • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And lose all that instant torque. No thanks.

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      thatd be the case for all conversions on old cars that i know of tho

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      • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s true. That’s the price you pay for an 80’s platform.

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  • stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    oi look at the brain on this one!

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      behold 🧠

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• CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The 80s famously didn’t have any muscle cars due to the gas shortages of the 1970s, new emissions standards, and burgeoning popularity of Japanese imports.

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