Dennis made some good points about EV conversions, But he missed the big one, starting with a rust bucket is foolish unless you have more money then God. Right now in Wichita you can buy a 2010 Kia for about 9800$, Yes its a shopping cart with bumpers, (almost), but its a brand new car and makes a good "around town " conversion. using 13, 12 volt leads makes it a highway car also, not to far but do-able. and for under 22$K . am I making a living at it, you know I am.
If people want to start a EV business and charge a small amount, that's their business. I charge what I think its worth, and haven't raised my prices in 4 years .
Will McKinny made a very good point also, Shops are closing left and right . why? who knows. maybe its just the times we live in.
Dennis have you ever driven in a S-10 with a 8,000 lb fork lift motor set at 156 volts??? Its violent on the street with full power . I broke a drive shaft and a pinion yoke in mine . dont knock fork lift motors, that's all I could find way back when , at first there weren't any controllers, I had to use the contactor panel . BUT !!!! time marches forward, now we have very neet motors and fire breathing controllers, exotic batteries with exotic prices . The Leaf?? ugly as a toothless mother-in law and will do what us converters are doing now, with out 1/2 billion dollars in R&D .
I still feel the Volt will be pulled and scraped like the EV1. just a feeling I have .It wont do any more in full electric mode that any lead/acid conversion will do . about 40 to 50 miles . It also had 1/2 billion $ in R&D .
The small car/truck EV business needs go grow and move from that venue . I have 2 scissor airport catering trucks coming to me to convert , then aircraft push back tractors this is a wide open field. the push backs need to move a 747 lower weight aircraft. Its also do-able . I am looking at a newer building ,much larger I need the space, this equipment is large . Here is where range is not important at all, just "time on station" .
My last pint to Dennis, why would any one buy a older car/truck, spent a tub of money on it and still have an older vehicle thats now electric. Even though I have done this for customers, over and over. Its their money, they can spend it any way they want . Even me, i built my 82 ElCamino from a barn squatter to a show car, a tub of money?? hell yes but its way damn cool .
I expect a ton of negative response soon LOLOLOL ev-blue.com
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If people want to start a EV business and charge a small amount, that's their business. I charge what I think its worth, and haven't raised my prices in 4 years .
Will McKinny made a very good point also, Shops are closing left and right . why? who knows. maybe its just the times we live in.
Dennis have you ever driven in a S-10 with a 8,000 lb fork lift motor set at 156 volts??? Its violent on the street with full power . I broke a drive shaft and a pinion yoke in mine . dont knock fork lift motors, that's all I could find way back when , at first there weren't any controllers, I had to use the contactor panel . BUT !!!! time marches forward, now we have very neet motors and fire breathing controllers, exotic batteries with exotic prices . The Leaf?? ugly as a toothless mother-in law and will do what us converters are doing now, with out 1/2 billion dollars in R&D .
I still feel the Volt will be pulled and scraped like the EV1. just a feeling I have .It wont do any more in full electric mode that any lead/acid conversion will do . about 40 to 50 miles . It also had 1/2 billion $ in R&D .
The small car/truck EV business needs go grow and move from that venue . I have 2 scissor airport catering trucks coming to me to convert , then aircraft push back tractors this is a wide open field. the push backs need to move a 747 lower weight aircraft. Its also do-able . I am looking at a newer building ,much larger I need the space, this equipment is large . Here is where range is not important at all, just "time on station" .
My last pint to Dennis, why would any one buy a older car/truck, spent a tub of money on it and still have an older vehicle thats now electric. Even though I have done this for customers, over and over. Its their money, they can spend it any way they want . Even me, i built my 82 ElCamino from a barn squatter to a show car, a tub of money?? hell yes but its way damn cool .
I expect a ton of negative response soon LOLOLOL ev-blue.com
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