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Re:Make Your Car Electric for 5K in Less Than a Day by proggy on Friday October 13, 2023 @05:51PM (#37876019)
I would imagine a battery replacement would be more cost effective than swapping to a brand new drive system. The $5k estimate appears to be completely hypothetical, presumably based on bill of materials alone.
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Re:Make Your Car Electric for 5K in Less Than a Day by postalrat on Friday October 13, 2023 @09:27PM (#37877332)
Double it once because $5k is optimistic then double it again for labor.
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Re:Make Your Car Electric for 5K in Less Than a Day by nprateem on Friday October 13, 2023 @11:23PM (#37877836)
To save you the maths, this comes out at around $18k
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Re:Make Your Car Electric for 5K in Less Than a Day by speedgoose on Saturday October 14, 2023 @12:50AM (#37878168)
I may miss a joke, because 5 * 2 * 2 = 20.
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Re:Make Your Car Electric for 5K in Less Than a Day by quickthrower2 on Saturday October 14, 2023 @03:56AM (#37878844)
So 18 give or take
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