Tesla Inc. is no longer selling the majority of new electric cars registered in California, the state that accounts for almost a third of all
    • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      If you can buy a Tesla cheap enough the usable parts, such as batteries and motors, can be moved to a different frame or vehicle. Even an ICE vehicle that you’d like to electrify. It’s all just parts.

      • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        15 hours ago

        I like the way you think. When Tesla tanks and gets sold off for pennies, could you please start a Tesla Conversion business? I’d like to have a useful EV pickup that can carry a slide-in truck camper. I don’t need any of that self-driving shit or connections to the Cloud or giant touch screens. Just pedals, gauges, levers, buttons, and a steering wheel.

        • Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          15 hours ago

          There are some companies working on electric crate engines for conversion, I forget the names but they should be ready sometime soon

          • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            14 hours ago

            That’s pretty wild and really cool to ponder. Battery placement and balancing its weight safely seems like a steep hurdle for bolt-on EV conversions.

            • Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              12 hours ago

              Seems like there’s potential space in a lot of the undercarriage, or as flat packs at the base of the engine and trunk compartments.