Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:14:04 -0700
Reply-To: Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Electric Vanagon via EV West?
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Quite expensive and for not a lot of range. That said, EV West focuses on
performance as they don't believe most people get very excited about just
the environmental aspect, which I think is fair. It's not a coincidence
that the first car Tesla rolled out was a speed demon Roadster built inside
a Lotus frame and that the Model S sedan is still breaking 0-60 speeds.
That said, it feels like we're entering a period of critical mass with most
major car manufacturers offering or soon offering viable electric-only
options. With the levels of scale coming from the global auto industry, we
should see component prices dropping rapidly (once they get back to
equilibrium after the pandemic, of course).
I recall reading a few years ago about some university automotive lab in
the midwest that was working on electric motors within wheels that could be
a "bolt-on" option to retrofit most cars. Of course, a few years might as
well be a few millennia, so I've completely forgotten the location and
details, but hopefully they're still chugging along.
-MB
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 7:27 PM Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com>
wrote:
> That’s awesome. Any idea based on the specs how much batteries would cost
> and what kind of range could be expected? My Boston Bob 2.1 has about 50k
> km on it so expect it to run a good long time - long enough for electric
> conversions to become commonplace.
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 25, 2021, at 8:25 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I actually think it will be great when along with posts about gas
> engines and diesel, and different types of gas engines in our vans we
> include questions on caring for electric vans.
> >
> > I expect mine to run as is for a long time.
> >
> > But, who knows what 15 years from now might bring?
> >
> > But, my hope is to have a very cool electric VW camper and a very
> special 85 Vanagon side by side.
> >
> > Fingers crossed the electric one drives itself!
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Aug 25, 2021, at 4:05 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> Funny! I took a trip out to San Diego a couple of years BC and intended
> to
> >> go visit EV West with that in mind, but I couldn't spark enough
> interest in
> >> my family to make the trip up there. Dang it.
> >>
> >> Marc Perdue
> >>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:10 PM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Was watching some fun videos about electric conversions of a 356 and a
> >>> split-window
> >>> bus <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOUc75r39g&t=123s> by the
> wizards at
> >>> EV West and thought about what it would take to get a bolt-in kit
> >>> <https://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=226> to
> make
> >>> an electric Vanagon. I wrote to their sales department inquiring
> whether a
> >>> Vanagon kit might be on the horizon and they said no, unsurprisingly.
> >>>
> >>> However, they said a number of customers have purchased their
> universal kit
> >>> for Vanagons(!). Anyone on the list one of these folks? If so, can you
> >>> speak to your experience?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hopefully,
> >>> -MB
> >>> --
> >>>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> >>> Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com
> >>>
>
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