Rich Rebuilds did a video on this where they replaced the battery with a pack of modern cordless drill batteries [1]. Unfortunately they crashed it later but it

Rich Rebuilds did a video on this where they replaced the battery with a pack of modern cordless drill batteries [1]. Unfortunately they crashed it later but it shows that the old batteries just were not ready. I also remember our city had electric vehicles around 1985. At the end of the day they could only drive very slow at a walking pace. [1] https://youtu.be/erMhK4Hf16E https://youtu.be/erMhK4Hf16E Edit: just remembered the brand of the electric vehicles: Spijkstaal. They are still in business https://spijkstaal.com https://spijkstaal.com and have been creating electric vehicles for over 80 years!