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Lowriders, muscle cars and other electric vehicles you didn't suspect

Turns out the electric car hasn't been killed after all. It's just gone undercover. A feature story in the L.A. Weekly by Judith Lewis takes a fascinating look at how some people – mostly the well-to-do, at this point – are souping up old cars by making them into electric vehicles. Mechanic and entrepreneur Greg "Reverend Gadget" Abbott and his partner have developed a conversion kit that will turn your gasoline powered car into an EV that runs on a DC motor. It isn't cheap – around $17,000 for a standard car or up to $30,000 ... Read more →

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