Comment on What would it take to change an Internal Combustion Engine Car to an EV?

• nocturne213@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am hoping to convert my ‘63 Karmann Ghia to an EV… its ICE is 79 hp.

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  • pancakesyrupyum@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve seen the innards of a KG.

    You’ll get like 20 miles of range with the battery packs you might be able to squeeze into some hidey holes.

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    • nocturne213@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hidey holes like the entire area behind the back seat? Or the space made when the gas tank is removed from the frunk?

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• sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I maintain that a slow car is more dangerous than a fast one.

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  • atmur@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t disagree with that. I have a Bolt EV, which isn’t fast (0-60 in 6.7s) but it has that instant acceleration at any speed that has quickly gotten me further away from sketchy drivers or situations more than a few times.

    There’s probably something of a bell curve of safety going from super slow to super fast, lol

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    • sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At some point the danger becomes the driver, not the vehicle itself. A shit box will struggle to hit interstate speeds no matter what. A proper car being driven properly comes down to the individual controlling it

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