Comment on Tesla Slumps Below 50% Share of California's Electric Car Market
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 day agoIf you can buy a Tesla cheap enough the usable parts, such as batteries and motors, can be moved to a different frame or vehicle. Even an ICE vehicle that you’d like to electrify. It’s all just parts.
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I like the way you think. When Tesla tanks and gets sold off for pennies, could you please start a Tesla Conversion business? I’d like to have a useful EV pickup that can carry a slide-in truck camper. I don’t need any of that self-driving shit or connections to the Cloud or giant touch screens. Just pedals, gauges, levers, buttons, and a steering wheel.
Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
There are some companies working on electric crate engines for conversion, I forget the names but they should be ready sometime soon
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s pretty wild and really cool to ponder. Battery placement and balancing its weight safely seems like a steep hurdle for bolt-on EV conversions.
Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Seems like there’s potential space in a lot of the undercarriage, or as flat packs at the base of the engine and trunk compartments.