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Originally Posted by Alberta Luthier
People keep showing an interest in doing this to Benzs. I don't get why. These are the wrong cars to build a light prototype electric. You ought to start with a car that is way lighter and is more efficient to move through the air. There are so many that are better in these regards.
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Good question.
The best commonly available car to convert is the Geo Metro/Suzuki Swift. I just can't get past the.. geekiness? of the car. It's not really that, it's more that I see the car as a crappy car that I don't want to drive. If I am going to go to the time and effort of doing this, I want a car that I will be proud to drive when I am done.
All I really want anyway is a low speed/short range town car. This will be a second car for short trips. Here in Ontario we are not allowed to have NEV's, so I have little option other than to buy or build a full blown electric car.
I also imagine that I will convert the car now, then in a few years Lipo's will be cheaper and widely available, so with my second set of batterys, I will have a pretty decent car.
From Lionev.com
"We are answering your call and will be producing in early April the first designer modules for home EV builders. These modules will enable you to build your own lithium packs in easy to assemble 100Ah and 200Ah modules."
Maybe I could choose a better donor Benz. I think some of the 84-86 190E's were about 2700 Lbs. Maybe I should consider one of those?
Thanks
For all the input