7 Classic cars crying out for an EV conversion
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Converting classic vehicles to electric power is a topic that carries as much controversy as, say, a German theologian nailing his 95 theses to a church door. Heresy! Take away that combustion engine and you’re taking away a beloved icon’s beating heart, leaving an appliance behind that has no more soul than a toaster.
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Oh, yeah, 1.21 gigawatts of power! Well, maybe not, but turfing out the DMC-12’s 2.85-litre V6 in favour of an electric motor will make hitting 88 mph a lot faster. The ‘6 only put out a measly 130 hp, and while the DeLorean isn’t as heavy as its stainless steel body might have you think, battery-electric power would finally give this 1980s icon the performance it deserves.
Doc and Marty would love it, and there are of course already people doing this conversion. No-one gets mad about ditching the original V6, not even online. Because it might seem wrong to lose something like the flat-six soundtrack from a Porsche 911, but cars like the DMC-12 deserve the EV conversions that’ll keep them from running outta time.
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