By accident and as former (well this is eternal) SAAB lover I've found this vintage and very RARE TV footage depicting 1970s coupe Sonett conversion, incl. a debate on all related aspects of the EV technology. Some of the TV hosts even mentioned the forthcomming GM EV1 (this is from *1992 before Al Gore took office and helped the hybrid-EV business/gov. grants a bit)..
To start (Also Saab 96 and 900-Saabrina conversions):
http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/12/1...ctric-vehicle/
Video1-2:
http://www.saabhistory.com/2006/12/0...-electric-car/
Video3:
http://www.saabhistory.com/2006/12/1...tric-car-cont/
Video4:
http://www.saabhistory.com/2006/12/1...ic-car-cont-2/
Video5:
http://www.saabhistory.com/2006/12/1...ic-car-cont-3/
enjoy!
PS this is also a great "timemachine" how we wasted almost *20 yrs in retrospect..