Complete Electric Vehicle Conversions, Kits, Parts, Service, and Consulting
Some of Our Conversions By the time John was in college (1971), he was driving a completely street legal electric car, built on a full size VW chassis - with a custom styled wooden body. This car (the second John had built) was powered by a very old, 9 horsepower, series wound, forklift motor. While the car was designed to operate only on 48 volts, the top speed was still a respectable 45 MPH. The car was fun to drive and a real "attention getter". It was even featured in the local newspaper.
This buggy was a classic, on a shortened VW chassis. The fiberglass body added almost nothing to the weight of the car. Side panels were cut to allow access to the four batteries which were mounted along each side of the car and additional batteries were located behind the seats.
Operating on a basic 72 volt system and powered by standard golf cart batteries, the dune buggy was able to achieve almost 70 MPH (with the windshield removed) and a range of over 75 miles per charge at 55 MPH.
By the time John was in college (1971), he was driving a completely street legal electric car, built on a full size VW chassis - with a custom styled wooden body. This car (the second John had built) was powered by a very old, 9 horsepower, series wound, forklift motor. While the car was designed to operate only on 48 volts, the top speed was still a respectable 45 MPH. The car was fun to drive and a real "attention getter". It was even 
This buggy was a classic, on a shortened VW chassis. The fiberglass body added almost nothing to the weight of the car. Side panels were cut to allow access to the four batteries which were mounted along each side of the car and additional batteries were located behind the seats. 
Operating on a basic 72 volt system and powered by standard golf cart batteries, the dune buggy was able to achieve almost 70 MPH (with the windshield removed) and a range of over 75 miles per charge at 55 MPH. 
A very practical conversion was the Fiat 850 Spider. Best driving performance was achieved with a 10 horsepower, series wound motor, and a battery pack composed of 16, 6 volt, golf cart batteries, for a total of 96 volts. The range was more than 50 miles per charge with a top speed of over 60 miles per hour. 
Here is another kit car conversion. The power was again only 72 volts, but because of the very aerodynamic design and light weight body, performance was outstanding. Top speed was about 70 MPH and at about 55 MPH the range was about 75 miles per charge.
Another fun car to convert and drive was the Triumph GT-6. The high performance package provided excellent performance, even with the very heavy body.
