eBay find of the day: non-electric Detroit Electric
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Here we have an electric car which is not an electric car. When the current owner got the car, is was stripped of its motor, batteries and other assorted bits. For that reason, in went a Ford 2.8 liter V6, meaning that the vehicle you see here is a Detroit Electric in name only. The vehicle has gone through a complete overhaul, with a new custom chassis underpinning the aluminum body. While it's not uncommon to see a previously gasoline-powered vehicle converted to electric, we collectively shed a tear that this particular piece of motoring history is no longer powered by electrons. It's a bit ironic that the seller points out the good gas mileage of the small V6 engine. Thanks for the tip, Dad!
[Source: eBay Motors]
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Mort 9:15PM (4/17/2008)
Nice find.
O/T - No comments allowed on the BYD e6 article? That is a nice looking car too. I am glad they (the Chinese) are working on an ev. Sometimes when I get discouraged at the pace of things it helps to realized that all the great powers of the world are simultaneously trying to develop a viable production model. :)
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meme 10:37PM (4/17/2008)
Some day, I'm going to have to get ahold of one of the last remaining EV1s... and fit it with a big V8 engine, perhaps a turbocharger, giant noisy muffler, the works. ;)
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Mirko 3:52AM (4/18/2008)
Are there remaining EV1s?
I'd like to make a monster truck out of one, you know, to crush Hummers.
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KarenRei 12:19PM (4/18/2008)
"Are there remaining EV1s?
I'd like to make a monster truck out of one, you know, to crush Hummers."
Yeah. GM donated a whole bunch of them with their battery packs stripped out to engineering schools (if they retrofit them, they're allowed to drive on tracks, but not on normal roads), and a bunch to museums (some stripped, some intact).
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Niralisherni 11:19AM (4/18/2008)
Take a look here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghouliespics/2388311668/
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Kevin Nugent 9:05PM (4/19/2008)
It figures a person would do that
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