I have my granddaddy's 72 Datsun wagon sitting in storage, complete in
generally good condition except for the sitting in the barn and mice and
such. In researching it I found an active group who converted these
things to electric using forklift motors and battery packs in the floor,
mostly lead-acid marine batteries. The whole deal looked fairly
straightforward and not too expensive except for the controller that was
a bit pricey. The ranges were fairly short but probably enough for
around-town errands. I see Smart cars around now and then, have
wondered if those things would be a good platform for a hybrid or
battery setup. Saw a Nissan Leaf yesterday, which aside from being
fairly ugly, was quite small.
--R
On 3/21/14 9:24 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
If I had a big garage I'd build one. A small pickup truck, load the bed with
batteries. Could probably do it for $5k including the truck, maybe get a little
back for a working engine. That or look for a mk1 Jetta but those are hard to
find not all rusted out.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:03:13 -0400
From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] People are generally holding on
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As I have said previously, I have an ideal commute for an electric car, but as
many different ways as I could crunch the numbers it just didn't make sense
from a financial point of view.
I'm all for being green, but if it's going to cost me more and I'm going to
have to sacrifice things as well, I just don't see the motivation.
When electric or hybrid cars become competitively priced and are economical to
operate, I'm on board.
Dan
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