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<blockquote data-quote="wilberforce15" data-source="post: 5254016" data-attributes="member: 5053">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://evcentral.com.au/converting-classics-to-electric-how-to-do-it-and-how-much-does-it-cost/[/URL]This is what it costs to do it correctly.&quot;Used battery prices have gone up a lot recently, so it’d be from about $40,000. Not counting any restoration; I don’t do bodywork, just the conversion. That’d be for about 90kW of power, 160km range and add a few thousand more for a DC fast charger port. More power and more range obviously costs more.&quot;If you paid 20k for a conversion, you&#039;d be driving around in a laughable contraption.It is that expensive. Converting anything to an EV costs more than buying one, unless you love low specs and bad electronics.Ford quoted you the cost of the motor, and you thought that was all. lololololololol.lolololololol.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wilberforce15, post: 5254016, member: 5053"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://evcentral.com.au/converting-classics-to-electric-how-to-do-it-and-how-much-does-it-cost/[/URL] This is what it costs to do it correctly. "Used battery prices have gone up a lot recently, so it’d be from about $40,000. Not counting any restoration; I don’t do bodywork, just the conversion. That’d be for about 90kW of power, 160km range and add a few thousand more for a DC fast charger port. More power and more range obviously costs more." If you paid 20k for a conversion, you'd be driving around in a laughable contraption. It is that expensive. Converting anything to an EV costs more than buying one, unless you love low specs and bad electronics. Ford quoted you the cost of the motor, and you thought that was all. lololololololol. lolololololol. [/QUOTE]

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