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As a guy at the start of converting his bmw e39 to electric the biggest hurdles to this is both having to fight with the manufacturers documentation and compute
by boznz 8y ago
As a guy at the start of converting his bmw e39 to electric the biggest hurdles to this is both having to fight with the manufacturers documentation and computer systems and having to manufacture from scratch adaptor plates and splines. Also it is not cheap, if you buy everything new expect to pay $15-$20K. Kudos to AM for doing this, though I expect it will cost you a damn site more than $20K, though if you can afford an AM I guess it is not an issue.
An entrepreneurial manufacturer such as Tesla who make the best donor parts acording to the conversion community could get a lot of extra kudos for relatively little outlay by making battery/inverter/charger/motor kits available IMHO
- tyingq 8y agoIt seems so easy to kill yourself with the voltage and amperage. ICE car kits are dangerous too, but death seems less likely. I don't know that any company would want the potential liability.
- rbanffy 8y agoI bet it's much easier to kill yourself with the flammable, volatile, and toxic stuff that goes into the fuel tank. We just tend to normalize that because we've been using ICEs since we were kids and almost nobody is dumb enough to try to stick a lit match into the tank or take a fuel bath. And the ones who are don't last long.