Yeah, people doing one-off conversions today are not (should not) be doing it for "low cost", that's just not possible. The motivation should only be borne out of love for the car you want to convert. In our case, no OEM has stepped up to make a decent van with good range that's supremely reliable with a low cost-of-ownership. When they do, we will probably stop converting.
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 10:29 AM Bill Dube via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > What is important to keep in mind is that BYD is is now offering a > Corrola-sized EV for about $15k. > > https://electrek.co/2024/02/19/byd-launches-15k-qin-plus-ev-kicking-off-price-war-gas-cars/ > > It is impossible to build your own EV for even double this price, even > getting all the labor for free. > > It would likely be less expensive to buy a brand new $15k BYD and move > all the components into your motorless BMW. Seriously. > > In "days of yor" there were no OEM EVs to be bought, so we built them > ourselves. This is no longer the case. > > Bill D. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240425/12e69a86/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
