Tesla Inc. is no longer selling the majority of new electric cars registered in California, the state that accounts for almost a third of all
  • CucumberFetish@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    20 hours ago

    The biggest issue with an EV conversion is the weight of the batteries. For a lot of passenger cars, adding 500kg of batteries maxes out or even exceeds the vehicle’s gross weight.

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      These conversions replace the entire drivetrain so you’d be losing the weight of the V8, transmission, transfer case, and drivelines and replacing them with a little 4 cylinder engine, generator, and batteries.