June 15, 2006

Electric Car Conversion

Filed under: Ethanol News — mrh @ 7:40 pm

Here’s a pretty cool article about converting a car to be an electric powered car. Apparently just about any car could be converted. While its not simple, it only requires about 11 modifications (including replacing the engine with an electric motor… http://auto.howstuffworks.com/electric-car.htm

 The upside is electric cars get about 2 cents per mile where gas powered cars cost about 12+ cents per mile. The fuel savings on an electric car when gas is priced above $3.00 per gallon is significant.

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