"Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> said:

> Even if the it was made of magnesium and slippery-shaped, would you
> really get any use out of a vanagon with the floor raised a foot or so
> to accommodate batteries? It just wouldn't be a vanagon anymore. IF it
> were lighter, and IF the batteries could go under the floor, then
> maybe, for some people under some circumstances.

I agree wholeheartedly.  As an academic engineering exercise, or for the
really die-hard EV owner, it might be interesting.  A practical idea for
most people?  No.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL

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