{"id":11443,"date":"2021-06-08T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11443"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:13:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T23:13:24","slug":"the-future-of-the-car-is-the-skateboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2021\/06\/08\/the-future-of-the-car-is-the-skateboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of The Car is The Skateboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Future of Classic Porsches and Jaguars? Electrification<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Owners of vintage sports cars and hot rods are giving them a second life by installing recycled Tesla powertrains. Dan Neil gets the lowdown on EV conversions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Dan Neil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ZOOM SCHOOL San Diego-based Zelectric\u2019s Tesla-powered 1968 Porsche 912. Its 500-hp drive unit is installed between the rear wheels. The upper part of the former engine bay has been transformed into trunk space. Steering and brakes are unassisted. PHOTO:\u00a0ZELECTRIC<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe called me on Monday to tell me how much she loved it,\u201d Mr. Davis said, \u201cand in the next breath how she could not wait for me to get it out of her garage. It reeked of gasoline and was dripping oil on the floor. It\u2019s hard to start. It\u2019s got two chokes, an old four-speed transmission. So what happens? Her passion, her dream of the car fades away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen she gets it back,\u201d Mr. Davis said, \u201cshe can just press the pedal and go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gasoline-to-EV conversions are not new. I met a JPL scientist in Pasadena, Calif., who had done the same to his MG British sports car in 1965, using lead-acid batteries. Facebook and the website EValbum.com document decades of such projects, from mild to wild, mowers to dragsters, by over-functioning DIY Quixotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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