Try the powerful Gadget4Life search:
Selected Gadget4Life searches:
Apple Technology Shopping Microsoft Google Videos Blogs iPhone
Are people really using do-it-yourself kits to convert their gasoline cars to electric?
Published: August 18, 2008
This CNN article says there’s a growing trend of average Americans ripping out the gasoline engines in their cars and trucks and replacing them with massive battery packs to eliminate the need for costly gas.
But while the story does profile two people who have done this, I’m skeptical that this trend is any more significant than the Segway “craze”:
Both Horsley and Kennington are fed up. They’re among a growing number of Americans who are refusing to wait for big-car manufacturers to deliver mainstream electric cars, called EVs. Not only have they rebelled against the status quo by ripping out their gas-guzzling engines and replacing them with zero-emission electric motors, they state just about anyone can do it.
Another electric DYI-er in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Bob Batson, has formed a company called Electric Cars of America that sells vehicle parts for other anti-gasoline rebels looking to convert.
Batson said business has more than tripled in the past year. “Sales trends are definitely up as the price of gasoline goes up,” he stated.
Anyone out there in tech blog land attempted this? If so, let us know. How difficult was it?
And if you’ve got any pics of your work, feel free to e-mail them to me.
UPDATE: There’s an interesting discussion on this topic over at Slashdot.
Popularity: unranked [?]
