{"id":1030,"date":"2017-04-14T19:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T09:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2017-04-15T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T01:42:14","slug":"what-about-an-electric-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"What about an electric car"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My electric propulsion projects have so far been on the water and I’m now ready to turn my attention to an electric car.\u00a0 It would be nice to buy one ready made but my taste for a Tesla is not well matched to my impecunious budget.\u00a0 Even a second hand iMiev would set me back about $20k.\u00a0 The iMiev is quite small, and limited range and yet would serve this family quite well for most of the motoring we do, and perhaps it would be a good candidate one day when we have the spare cash at hand.<\/p>\n

In the meantime I have in mind to convert a regular internal combustion engined car to electric. What would be a suitable donor vehicle? A Prius is a good option because it already has an electric motor so only needs a battery and controller to be added. But a Prius is a bit boring and if I’m going to the trouble to rebuild a car to make it electric it might as well be a special car.<\/p>\n

The technological excellence of the Tesla sets it aside from most other manufacturers. As well as being electric powered the Tesla has many advanced features not found on most cars and is setting the standard for safety and performance which other vehicles can only aspire to.\u00a0 It is many years and perhaps even decades ahead of mainstream cars. Tesla has picked up the batton of technological innovation dropped by Citroen 20 years ago.<\/p>\n