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This comes up in every HN EV thread. Why not convert a mid 20th century car to EV?

• goethes_kind 4y ago
  For one, safety issues. Conversions only make sense when you want to have some kind of exotic classic, and then make it even more exotic with your custom powertrain.
• LBJsPNS 4y ago
  No air bags, seat belts, crumple zones, etc...
  • willis936 4y ago
    Not exactly a battery on wheels. I don't see the middle ground between "no smarts" and "enough smarts to keep me safe". If you want a backup camera, blindspot radar, rollover protection, and A-pillar airbags then you could just buy a new EV. Is a touchscreen you don't need to touch an issue?
  • rthomas6 4y ago
    Cars from the 2000s had all of this and were much cheaper than cars now.
• formerly_proven 4y ago
  A skateboard-style BEV sees significant benefits in crash performance from the battery, that's not something you get with hybrid platforms ("ICE and also BEV on the same platform") or conversions. Crash performance in cars has in general massively benefited from the trifecta of more stringent requirements, better processes and more compute in the last two or so decades.
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