Has anyone been thinking about building an electric car (home-made) for themselvees any time soon? Options

[shawnbem]

I just read of how a man in Los Angelese has converted an old Porsche 914 to an electric car with a 60 mile range for $18,000 (24 lead acid batteries)
I thought to myself that's a good idea. Probably better to buy an electric scooter though, if you don't need to take the freeway often as is the case in L.A.

I'm now doing some investigation into that idea and I hope to begin building my own electic car also. Does anyone else have similar plans?

I have heard about how its actually better to convet old small pickup trucks (Ford/Toyota/GM) to electric pickups because the box can hold more batteries and the springs are easily upgraded to hold the extra tonnage. Lead acid batts are heavy but they're cheap, so that's why Lithium Ions are shunned for now.

[stugray]

Now that full EV cars are becoming more popular, they are starting to show up in junk yards.

I would find a prius or a volt that has been totaled and see if the parts can be used to build a "modern" 914 EV.
And I wonder what Tesla does with its old batteries?
Maybe find the company they use to recycle their used batteries and buy some "used" but still functional?

Or just wait until jwalters (with the groundbreaking discovery) comes out with his self-powered wind turbine 914.
He was positive that it would be taking the world by storm any day now.

[mepstein]

Now that full EV cars are becoming more popular, they are starting to show up in junk yards.

I would find a prius or a volt that has been totaled and see if the parts can be used to build a "modern" 914 EV.
And I wonder what Tesla does with its old batteries?
Maybe find the company they use to recycle their used batteries and buy some "used" but still functional?

Or just wait until jwalters (with the groundbreaking discovery) comes out with his self-powered wind turbine 914.
He was positive that it would be taking the world by storm any day now.

I remember that thread. Make more power than you use by driving down the road to power a wind turbine, or something kooky like that. Hi larious.