[motosaurus]

full of pix of rare and prototype small cars based more or less on the Mini.
suitable for EV dreaming, especially lightweight 3 or 4 wheelers
http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/altpics/

some real ugly ducklings in here, but creative ones too.

 

[motosaurus]

Well I wouldn't load up a mini-sized car with lead batteries, but thats just me. IMO the OEM cars that have 1500 lbs of batteries are wildly over their safe limit too, but I guess they get driven very gingerly since they seem to do ok. The PU conversions make more sense to me, though they aren't suitable for my needs.