Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 9 hours agoYou can convert an older car to electric. As basic as it gets but with a new mode of power
Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels?
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 9 hours agoYou can convert an older car to electric. As basic as it gets but with a new mode of power
tabular@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
When I ask car people about that they say (basically) “no, it won’t fit”.
Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org 4 hours ago
Yes, there can be challenges about where to put the batteries, and some vehicles are certainly easier than others. But that hasn’t stopped a LOT of people from doing it anyways.
30 seconds of internet searching will show plenty of retrofits. One guy retrofitted a 1980s Delorean with a Chevy Bolt electric powertrain, and now it accelerates twice as fast as it ever did with gasoline.