i think it's simply a matter of context. Cars with historical value makes no sense in electric conversion, as there are so few around their pollution is insignificant. (especially if you add they're hardly anyone daily driver if they own one!) On the other side, if electric conversion becomes cheap, you could bring back to life millions of generic city cars once they become obsolete, even vintage ones that has no real purpose or value and would be demolished anyway... Like, for some reason i have a soft spot for the Honda CRX from '88, as it was a car my father had when i was a kid and i loved it. There's plenty of reasons to not bother investing in purchasing a CRX in 2020, but what if i could convert it to a 100% electiric car? it would fill my nostalgia, make an obsolete car useful again, feel a lot more personal, environment friendly both for emissions and because it wont be demolished.
Agreed man, like if I can take a 77 caddy or a 69 Mustang and do an affordable electric swap, I'd be all for it. Just gonna make sure I have the original engines on video before my babies go bye. I'm all for a clean environment but I have a soft spot for internal combustion and all its mechanisms
So, this is basically a story about people who would rather stick to old things because of tradition and monetary value, and about people who like to try out crazy new things, who look into the future and try and make old things just FUN again. For the record, I'm one of those millennial noobs who would LOVE to own an electric delorean instead of letting them just gain in value in a garage. Things are just things man. If you have an emotional connection to your car, fine. If a V12 gives you joy, whatever, go nuts. But don't treat people who find joy in making or driving electric historical hybrids with disrespect. Comparing sht with fcking castrating, what the hell is wrong with people?
The Benz Victoria owner’s car doesn’t really do much, because it’s low fuel consumption, and minimal output, but certain cars, like lets say a scrapped or heavily damaged classic car, such as a California special mustang, or classic Cadillac convertible, but the body is fine, it’s still beautiful but no good engine, then change it, Deloreans are a given for becoming electric just saying
Much better off with the hydrogen generating system that pumps hydrogen into the engine with the gas to run cleaner. It's also gonna make it sound better and give you more horses.
honestly teslas to me look boring and as well as any modern car however the 2005 Toyota Highlander is amazing you can even sleep in it just fine simple get one and done you have a car that you could sleep in
I can relate. Teslas are fine but, no soul, too much electronic, too "comfy" id say. Electric conversion based on Tesla batteries exists for a reason ! Tesla produces great stuff but I really can't stand the gadgets n feature creep
As a history buff, I kinda hate seeing their original drive systems changed. Especially the oldest stuff, like that steam powered car. There's almost no steam cars left out on the roads. Vintage cars should be living memory of how things used to work, including the internals. Replacing that with something modern is at least questionable. But I do love EVs, and not gonna lie, I love the idea of an EV Delorean. It even fits with the car's retro future style. But, I'd probably leave the original Deloreans alone, and try instead putting a tesla drive train in one of the new build Deloreans (yes, believe it or not, they're still being manufactured in small numbers, and production will likely increase as the current Delorean company finishes reverse engineering the 500 cars worth of spare parts they had in storage since the 80s). I have less reservations about doing it to a car that's still technically being produced, and likely will increase in production. I wouldn't hate on someone converting an original Delorean though. It's new and practical enough to be a daily driver, and the biggest fault of that car was its engine and transmission. I guess the way I'd put it, I think if an owner wants to look the part with a modern engine under the hood, maybe they should just build a replica and leave the old vehicles intact. And I don't think any country, no matter how green they want to be, should completely ban steam and internal combustion engines from the road to include vintage cars. The older a car is, the fewer of them still driving on the road. It's now been 40 years since 1980, how many 80s cars do you still see getting daily driven? Given the dwindling numbers of older cars still being driven, I think they should be exempt from ICE bans. Their presence on the road would have a negligible and depreciating impact on pollution and global warming. It would be more destructive (to living history) than it's worth (taking a relative handful of polluting cars off the road).
Let's be honest, classic cars probably don't even account for a fraction of a percent of global carbon emissions. So for example I don't see an environmental imperative to convert a gas powered car from the 1890s into an electric. And it's pretty absurd to even have this conversation before most western democracies have even made an attempt to abandon fossil fuels in the sectors where it's actually destroying the planet. I applaud classic car owners who are concerned about the health of our planet, but all focus on the topic of carbon emissions needs to be aimed where it actually matters.
I think it's very simple: If the engine is fine and the car is quite rare and/or valuable, please don't murder it by removing it's hart. But if the drivetrain is broken, or it is, for example a VW beetle of which millions still exist, please go ahead. I think it's really cool. Plus, I'm not holy either. In my 50 yrs old Ford, I replaced the 1.6 L for a 2.0 L. It was an option for the car, but still it's not original. So who am I to say people shouldn't EV swap their car? But I do still think it really takes the soul out of cars. Speciually really old cars.
the only classic car I would consider ev swaping would be a dmc delorean so that I could drive for more than 12 miles before it broke down but when he said I ev swaped a steam car I got a little sad because steam cars are super unique and fun to drive but all power to him he's trying to save the planet while still driving a classic
How on earth they manage to register these cars in Germany after modifications done? It took me 6 months to get my 750kg UK registered trailer (yes it's possible to register trailers in UK) to pass the conformity test here and get it registered. And they refused to do a conformity test for my aftermarket alloy wheels for a Nissan LEAF even if they where exact size as originals. To those who don't know, in Germany you need certificate even for aftermarket alloy wheels on your car...
True, but an electric generation plant is far more efficient than an internal combustion engine - and you have the option of using strictly renewable energies.
Electricity is mostly produced from a mix of coal, natural gas, biomass, oil, solar, wind and hydro, sometimes even geothermal. And electric cars still tend to have lower overall emissions: climobil.connecting-project.lu/
@@aldionsylkaj9654 nuclear diamond batteries for consumer use are being worked on and tested as we speak. Will likely be the future for cars. The same kind of battery that powers the Voyager Probes will one day power our cars.
If you convert some of the iconic classic cars then idk what you're doing. But if you do that with unreliable classic cars or dangerous cars like the Pinto then sure.
The statement about Tesla was to much. You shouldn't insult other electric vehicles. You should embrace electric vehicles and congratulate your fellow electric vehicle companies.
A car as only as good as its engine, so if it hasn't got an interesting engine, it loses what its about. Removing a classic cars gas engine for a boring electric motor is basically the same as a lobotomy for a human
