When evaluating an EV of any kind -- be it a DIY job like Kyle's golf or a $109,000 Tesla Roadster -- it all comes down to range. My daily commute is 10 miles each way, and the e-Golf offers about ...

Calculating range for a DIY EV conversion. Thread starter armwt; Start date Jun 6, 2025; Jump to latest Follow Reply armwt Ars Legatus Legionis. 23y 18,193. Moderator. Jun 6, 2025 ...

This DIY Electric Car Is More Efficient Than a Tesla—and Only Cost $15,000. ... (I added AC to my electric pickup—another EV conversion I’m working on—for about $800 in parts.) ...

My DIY electric car project has officially started: I bought a car to convert, a sky blue ’67 VW Beetle. I’ve had my eye on it for awhile. ... Our EV Conversion Gets A Curvaceous Body.

After sitting for 40 years in a forest, this old Jeep got a new lease of life thanks to a hodge-podge of eBay-sourced EV parts. H igh-dollar EV conversions are all the rage right now, with some ...

And the conversion cost $20,000. It seems that many homemade conversions still rely on beastly lead-acid batteries because they’re the cheapest and they don’t overheat.

Based on the current cost of EV conversions, which typically run to tens of thousands of dollars for a bare-bones, DIY effort using salvaged OE parts, the Electric GT conversion (at over $60,000 ...

Learn about battery recycling from a Tesla Co-Founder, Texas' plans for charging infrastructure, DIY EV conversions, and the first production F-150 Lightning.

JuiceBox, a do-it-yourself kit to build an electric-car charger, may be well on its way to garages thanks to the crowd-funding site Kickstarter. JuiceBox, a DIY electric-car charger, gets boost ...

This Texas startup wants to rescue old gas-powered cars with simplified EV conversions 'We’re focused on a bolt-on, all-inclusive solution for electrification.' By Kristin Shaw ...