Electrogenic is now offering a "drop-in" EV conversion

[MacStainless]

I found this article on Electrek a little bit ago and figured I'd share it. A UK company called Electrogenic is offering a 'drop-in' EV conversion for the DMC. Apparently there's no cutting involved and the battery pack goes where the gas tank would be. It looks like it's a 44 KwH pack good for about 140 miles of range.

I know some people have done their own home-brew EV conversions, but this seems pretty cool and, I'll admit, something tempting. Who knows how much it costs to buy and/or install, since everything is "contact us" for that.

Anyhow, here's the link: https://www.electrogenic.co.uk/kits/...onversion-kit/

[JBaker4981]

It looks like it's a 44 KwH pack good for about 140 miles of range.

It's neat... but like with all EVs, lets go ahead and go green while reducing the drivability of a car. To each their own I guess!

[Helirich]

Price would certainly be a factor. I doubt I would pull out a good running gear, but maybe if I blew up the motor. I see a car in the classified without engine. Wonder if this kit could be installed for a total price of a running car?

[mike123]

I agree with price being the main (or maybe Only) factor. I would really be curious what portion of owners would swap to electric if it could be done at similar time and cost to an ICE swap; I would think quite a few. I have never owned an electric car but they seem to be advantageous in almost every way: speed/performance, weight distribution, lower maintenance, and certainly more reliable than what is in most DeLoreans. The range would probably bug me once a year, but the other 364 days I think it would be an awesome upgrade.

[ssdelorean]

It's neat... but like with all EVs, lets go ahead and go green while reducing the drivability of a car. To each their own I guess!

Maybe "green" in color for all the $ shelled out for one but it is not "green" for the environment no matter what marketing says. The mining to find the limited precious metals to make the batteries, the coal mining and transport of coal to burn to make electricity. Just because we cannot see the fumes from an exhaust pipe doesn't mean they don't pollute.

Price, range and technology are my biggest deterrents. Normal new ICE cars have too many computer chips, touch screens and plastic parts. When something breaks, most of the time you cannot replace a small part but the whole unit attached to it needs replacing. My friend's headlight was damaged and it was over $1,500 to replace the whole unit. Could not replace the broken bulbs inside. Engineered obsolescence. Yeah, I'm get'n old. "Get off my lawn!"

[dn010]

There will be no EV's in my garage in the future. It is not practical for me, especially in Florida; if you've ever had to evacuate for a hurricane, you know what I mean. A home charger is another cost. Support for this setup is a concern, replacement batteries is another. Then who is on the hook should the battery catch fire and burn down my house since it is a "swap"? It says it has heating, what about air conditioning?

I also could not imagine sitting in neutral and not being able to rev the engine. Come to think of it, I have not seen one movie that features a street race with a couple of dudes harnessed into their EV's newly installed sport competition seats, silently racing down the streets of California in order to see who wins the rights to keep their Hoonigan windshield banner installed.

That said, anyone know what the cost of a LS swap is these days?

[Timeless]

There will be no EV's in my garage in the future. It is not practical for me, especially in Florida; if you've ever had to evacuate for a hurricane, you know what I mean. A home charger is another cost. Support for this setup is a concern, replacement batteries is another. Then who is on the hook should the battery catch fire and burn down my house since it is a "swap"? It says it has heating, what about air conditioning?

Living in S. FL I agree. I owned three EV since 2019: 2 Model 3 & a Taycan. They're all deleted from my collection and I'm back to all ICE. Shannon is correct - EVs are NOT green at all. Tech is cool but I love my vintage cars and drive them everyday. My newest vehicles are 2002MY and they won't be around in a couple years. Bonus: no modules in my cars for big brother/government to monitor me.

[Timeless]

It looks like it's a 44 KwH pack good for about 140 miles of range.

[FABombjoy]

I'll happily convert once the capacity is higher or fast charging infrastructure is easily accessible. This is impressive but I do like long weekend drives.
If my car was an weekend ice-cream getter or point A to A car (and I had a pile of green I wished to burn) it would be more tempting. I can appreciate the packaging challenges overcome.

Almost every EV owner I know is a weekend racing, motor building gear head with a garage full of awesome and shitbox projects.
These talks always descend in tree hugging hippie rants. That stereotype is pretty dated.

[Michael]

140 miles of claimed range will translate to 90 in the real world...if you are lucky and your world is flat