The talented Kristen Reeves produced this wonderful video segment on AC Propulsion and their world class electric vehicle drive technology. For the past 3 years AC Propulsion has been converting gasoline Scion xBs to 100% electric drive with their phenomenal AC150gen2 electric drive system. In her video, Kristen interviews AC Propulsion President & CEO Tom Gage, and legendary actor/director and longtime EV enthusiast Tom Hanks. Mr. Hanks purchased the very first consumer eBox back in 2006 and uses it as his primary vehicle for all SoCal commuting.
Kristen writes: ”Imagine taking the car you drive now, and never having to stop at a gas station ever again. AC Propulsion, has been converting gas-fueled cars to electric for two decades. This is a piece profiling AC Propulsion’s car, the eBox, with a special interview with Tom Hanks who owns one of these cars. Is this the way of the future?”
AC Propulsion: Making Gas Cars Electric
Tom Hanks shares the joy of driving electric (an AC Propulsion eBox and Toyota RAV4-EV) in his videos below.
[Source: Current.com, Tom Hanks]
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Sometimes it simply isn’t possible to convert an regular car to an electric, or it sometimes makes more economic sense to simply purchase a new EV rather than have one converted to electric.
What I can’t understand is why the process of converting a $15,000 POS car into all-electric costs another $45,000-55,000 dollars. You just end up with a $70,000 electric POS.
Neil Young converted a 1959 Lincoln Mark IV to electric for $40,000 and did it entirely from scratch using experimental (and expensive) technology. How come it costs so much for these guys, who’re doing assembly-line conversions when he did a one-off for the same price? Plus it’s a much cooler car.
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