A Honda Civic With no Gas Tank (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on Tuesday October 2, 2012 @05:20AM from the a-car-that-will-never-get-a-rod-knock dept.

It took Dr. Adam Blankespoor two years and $14,000 to convert his 1996 Honda Civic into an all-electric plug-in vehicle. He's an automotive engineer and researcher, but if he can do it, you can probably follow in his footsteps and create your own electric vehicle if you are so inclined. He talks about a 45 mile range, with 30 miles as a practical limit. That's not competitive with the Tesla S, but there's also a massive price difference to consider. This is another person Slashdot met at the Ann Arbor Maker Faire. If you want to see what kinds of electric vehicles other have made, possibly for inspiration, the Electric Vehicle Photo Album is a good place to start. And if you want information on how to build your own electric car, using "electric car conversion" as your Google search term will put you on the track of more electric car information than you can shake a Tesla Coil at.

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This is News? by Plekto · 2012-10-02 07:50 · Score: 0, Flamebait

People were doing this type of "conversion" back in the 70s. With exactly the same sort of pathetic 30-45 mile range. For half the cost, even adjusted for inflation. It would have been news. 40 years ago.
Personal rant: Is anyone at Slashdot actually taking time to double-check submissions any more? Most of what I see as of late isn't actually news or is news that you see everyplace else as well.