>Subject: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
> > http://www.renewables.com/ElectricVanConv.htm
>
>yousa!! $17,500 for the conversion, NOT including the
>batteries!!!????  :(

24ea. T145's no less... wow.

Figure about $125-$150 bucks and 70+lbs per battery
The batteries probably have a useful life span of 7-10 years.

Even if the electricity to charge them was free, (we pay more
than that here) it would be a crummy deal.
And what exciting performance specs... 0-50mph in *20* seconds!
I've had 1200cc split window busses that would eat that alive!

I wonder where all those batteries fit?

>that hurts. for $17,500, i could buy at least three more buses
>AND have a transmission rebuilt, and even get a boston bob
>rebuilt engine. :(   or just get the transmission and the engine
>and buy some land. ;)
>
>i don't see the value of that conversion ... 50 mile range, and
>the price of a new (but small) car??
>ok, so you never have to buy gasoline again. but even at
>$2/gallon, that's 8,750 GALLONS of gasoline. and even if i only
>get 16mpg, that's 140,000 miles. which would take me about 7-8
>years to use up. and i doubt very seriously if the batteries
>would last that long ... and maybe not even the electric motor.
>
>am i missing something here?
>
>joel