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Electric car conversion workshop teaches EV modding

Electric vehicle (EV) advocate Jenny Isaacs has decided she can't wait for rising fuel prices to usher in a wave of hybrids and EVs, and has instead started a workshop to teach people how to convert their own vehicles. Isaacs has brought a Californian EV expert in to run a two-week course in her home town that will show 20 vocational-technical school teachers how to convert a petrol-powered vehicle into a straight EV. A 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon will go under the knife for the sake of the course and be converted into a road-going electric ... Read more →

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