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Fisker now expects to go bankrupt within 30 days (www.arenaev.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Adaptions are a thing. However paying someone to do it costs a lot of money (even doing it yourself is not cheap) and it's not much more - possibly even less - of a stretch to one's budget to get a whole new car built from the ground up as an EV, so commercial conversions tend to be a niche market focused on more interesting vehicles (e.g. what this Melbourne based conversion company converts).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

GM had at one point been working on an eCrate block for conversions, but they seem to have abandoned it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This looks like a real product.

https://electricgt.com/shop/

I seem to remember it being insanely expensive though.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

Economies of scale, i guess... Renault seems to have tried it, perhaps for internet points only though.

I can't shake the feeling that the technology is there and attainable, but... money. Which means it only favors automakers.