After all, the reasons for doing a conversion far outweigh those for not doing one. With the price of gas going up, it is much cheaper to power things with electricity. For example, my friend used to spend around $150 per month on gas and now he spends roughly $30 per month to charge his car every night. Pretty amazing savings isn't it? He managed to pay for the conversion in less than 4 months.



The parts for our electric car weren't very hard to find. For the electric motor the guide suggested we go looking on eBay where we found one for about $65. We decided to try and cram 14 deep cycle 12 volt batteries in there as well. We got those for free (the guide shows you how to find free batteries) which ended up saving us well over $1400. The assorted nuts, bolts and electronics cost just over $200 so all in all we ended up paying roughly $350 to build our electric car.

The plans were so good that the only thing we really had trouble with was hoisting the old motor out of the car. This wasn't actually as hard as it sounds because the motor is only attached by a couple bolts and once they're loose it comes right out.

I am very satisfied with how it all turned out. We drive a zero emissions vehicle and it doesn't cost us anything (we live on renewable energy). For our friends who are still hooked up to the grid it only costs them about $30 per month to drive... which saves them $110 per month or $1320 per year! I just love pulling up beside people at a stop light and not making a sound. Since the car has an electric motor we also have a lot of low end torque, which means that I can pretty much beat any car in acceleration, and being able to go 50 MPH means I can still drive on the highways.

All in all, I would say if you're not doing it then you're crazy.