Electric DeLorean DMC-12 Conversion Kit
electrogenic.co.uk
electrogenic.co.uk
This would be a return to the coachbuilding days of early motoring when you could have any style of 'horse buggy' that you wanted put on your Rolls Royce chassis.
The Tesla drive by wire technology and one big screen means that you can place the driver wherever you want. Admittedly older cars don't have the A pillar strength so you would not be able to exactly replicate something like A DMC, but I want cars to be like die cast toy cars, where there is an upper that clamps on to a chassis.
As it is, EV conversions where the electrics are placed in the boot, transmission tunnel and elsewhere is a fudge I don't like. This is because you have got too much old, crusty ICE car junk going on, whether that is wiring or the mass of ancillaries in the bonnet.
genericizing it would be noticeable on a unique vehicle like this, its not a Power Wheels
I would want a 'skateboard' that can take forged carbon fibre body shell, a replaceable one, that really does have a Power Wheels aesthetic of fun to it, with women and children able to like the colour and not care for the exact accuracy.
With an immaculately restored DMC you are going to get elderly male anoraks that will 'helpfully' point out that, for your indicator lights, you have 1983 anodised bolts holding them on instead of the period correct painted 1982 variants.
Much like how Power Wheels don't like to pay royalties and do some designs that 'look familiar', I would be happy for this market to go that way, with half a dozen companies making faux DMCs body kits to choose from.
Without a physical linkage you might not even notice when your steering goes out until you are already crashing, even if its blaring alarms at you how will you know what is actually happening until you read something or fight against a wheel acting oddly. With a physical connection it something jams or breaks, you will be able to tell instantly.
Granted I do have some bias against electronic steering in general, but even if it was drive by pure hydraulic steering through hard line I would not want it without a physical linkage backup.
For reference, here is 15k kit https://www.electrogenic.co.uk/kits/conversion-kits/mini-kit... . Specs are not great, even with an optional 7.5k battery.
Notably, for their high end models https://www.electrogenic.co.uk/kits/conversion-kits/porsche-... , they are not supplying pricing.
My father picked one up from the widow of a collector back in the early 2000's. I've had occasion to drive it a couple of times. It's a fun car to drive for the comments you receive and little else. It sounds like this EV conversion would help with the underpowered performance, but I don't see how they could fix the terrible environmentals.
Luckily there will be no more big engine that heats up everything around it. That might help a bit.
That doesn't seem correct.
No no no no, this sucker is electrical. But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need. C'mon I'll show you how it works!