# Electric Car Conversions **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan\ **Created:** [July 24, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383 "2010-07-24T16:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wheresmyflyingcar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresmyflyingcar/32/1927_2.png) [@wheresmyflyingcar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wheresmyflyingcar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/1 "2010-07-24T16:12:09Z")
I’m thinking of converting my 1988 Nissan Pulsar to all electric. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/2 "2010-07-24T17:01:48Z")
The name “Pulsar” would still fit, mind you this would be about the only thing that would still fit. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/3 "2010-07-24T17:11:16Z")
There are website specific to these conversions. You may want to visit some of those. And save your cash. This will be fun, but it will not be economical. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/4 "2010-07-24T17:12:03Z")
Don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/5 "2010-07-24T18:46:03Z")
Here are some websites I’ve located as I researched conversions. [http://jerryrig.com/convert/evlist.html](http://jerryrig.com/convert/evlist.html) [http://www.ddmotorsystems.com/](http://www.ddmotorsystems.com/) [http://www.go-ev.com/](http://www.go-ev.com/) [http://e-volks.com/questions.html](http://e-volks.com/questions.html) As mentioned, don’t expect to save any money. This is an expensive science experiment, not a good economical move. And even after conversion, you’ll still have a 22 year old car. And all the problems that go with it. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/6 "2010-07-24T21:58:25Z")
You can buy a new Leaf cheaper than you can convert your Pulsar…The Leaf will outperform your home-brew efforts by a factor of 3… ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/7 "2010-07-24T23:05:27Z")
“And even after conversion, you’ll still have a 22 year old car. And all the problems that go with it.” In addition to all the problems you will have with a home brewed elec. conversion. And I foresee many. But then again if it was cheap, easy or reliable wouldn’t you see more conversions on the streets? ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/8 "2010-07-24T23:10:48Z")
Perhaps this is not the place but in the face of potential power grid problems due to solar activity, roving brown outs in hot weather due to inability to meet demand why does adding electric cars to the scenario make sense? ---
**Author:** ![wheresmyflyingcar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresmyflyingcar/32/1927_2.png) [@wheresmyflyingcar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wheresmyflyingcar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/9 "2010-07-24T23:37:05Z")
Sensing a lot of negativity out there. The car is in good shape other than a blown motor. The Leaf is going to cost $17,000 plus. That’s a lot of money for a commuter car. I’ve looked at web sites. Any you recommend. ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-car-conversions/52383/10 "2010-07-25T01:22:33Z")
I’ve said it before, but if making a good electric car was cheap and easy to do, you would see them everywhere and the showrooms of the big three would be full of them. Texaco and Chevron would be making batteries for them. The day electrics are better than gas engines, “big oil” will no more be able to prevent the switch over to electric than “big coal” was able to keep gasoline engines from replacing steam engines.