Prices start at $5800 with currently a 4-8 week turnaround. Delivery is to the whole US. They welcome visitors to the factory with a bit of prior notice, and have a Wombat available for test drives.
I have been talking to the them about electric conversions, and here was the response:
I have several customers currently doing e-bats. Depending on how you want to secure the batteries we can add bolt tabs to the subframe to make that easier.
Along with the fact that you can find a Electric Wombat that someone has already made linked from their site, this kit car gets a "EV friendly" rating. I will be heading over there in a few weeks and take a test drive & lots of pics. Will follow up with a review of the car.
I will start with my hometown guys, the Wombat Car Company.
Along with the fact that you can find a Electric Wombat that someone has already made linked from their site, this kit car gets a "EV friendly" rating. I will be heading over there in a few weeks and take a test drive & lots of pics. Will follow up with a review of the car.
Im interested too. Didnt know why I was hanging on to my bug. Now I know. To electrify it. My project starts July 2nd. The day I return from vacation. Thanks to all of you for sharing your knowlege.
Take a look at http://e-volks.com/ ... they have several kits and pictures of them bolted onto bugs. Here are two of their 48v systems:
The 48v kit has a top speed of 40 mph and a range of 3 to 5 miles (seems low to me), while the 72v kit (that looks similar) and can reach a top speed of 55 mph (range not stated). The 72v kit is under $3,000.
I think im going to build my system from scratch. I have been studing electricity and find it very interesting. I have looked at evolks stuff. I want to build a system that I can upgrade later by adding more volts when I determine how much lead my bug can carry. I think im going to build a system that could start at 72 volts, but may be capable of handleing up to maybe 96 volts or more. I am a lifetime motorhead, always been about horsepower and gas. Took 4 bucks a gallon to get me interested in EV's. Now im hooked. Thanks for all your input.
The frontal area appears minimal (likely less then an original mini), the drag is anyone's guess given that complicated shape - but I would think that it is very slippery.
And I would say about 18 Golf Cart batteries would fit:
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