If you want an electric car but don’t want to give all your money to big corporations and can put up with bad build quality, forget about the Volt and the Leaf. How about a 2005 Volvo C30 T5 that’s been converted into an electric car using those battery packs that automotive schools use for their electric car science projects.
The car is being describe by its current owner as the first of a long production cycle of conversions that never happened because of the economic crisis in America. Guess that explains why it’s a 2008 model Volvo. Isn’t that the same year Twilight came out?
The eBay seller also say that the parts on the conversion were $45,000 and the vehicle new was $28,000 for a total cost of $73,000. So presumably, the $32,000 that he’s asking is a good deal, but considering you can buy a brand new EV for that, it really isn’t.
The conversion was done by a company called Boulder and saw the installation of a 29 kilowatt-hour Thundersky lithium ion battery pack and Azure Dynamics AC55 AC drive train with regenerative braking.
The eBay seller also say that the parts on the conversion were $45,000 and the vehicle new was $28,000 for a total cost of $73,000. So presumably, the $32,000 that he’s asking is a good deal, but considering you can buy a brand new EV for that, it really isn’t.
The conversion was done by a company called Boulder and saw the installation of a 29 kilowatt-hour Thundersky lithium ion battery pack and Azure Dynamics AC55 AC drive train with regenerative braking.