I am hoping my next motor will be electric - possibly 5 to10 years....who
knows?  I think things are going to change dramatically with the price of
fuel and the amount of economic and environmental change on the horizon -
blah, blah, blah...Anyway other than the weight - I think our vans are
pretty well set up for a retrofit package.

If you have the patience check out this video and marvel at the ability of
this machinist.

https://youtu.be/x4im3M9IFcI

Bruce

On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com> wrote:

> That’s awesome. Any idea based on the specs how much batteries would cost
> and what kind of range could be expected? My Boston Bob 2.1 has about 50k
> km on it so expect it to run a good long time - long enough for electric
> conversions to become commonplace.
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 25, 2021, at 8:25 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I actually think it will be great when along with posts about gas
> engines and diesel, and different types of gas engines in our vans  we
> include questions on caring  for electric vans.
> >
> > I expect mine to run as is for a long time.
> >
> > But, who knows what 15 years from now might bring?
> >
> > But, my hope is to have a very cool electric VW camper and a very
> special 85 Vanagon side by side.
> >
> > Fingers crossed the electric one drives itself!
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Aug 25, 2021, at 4:05 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> Funny! I took a trip out to San Diego a couple of years BC and intended
> to
> >> go visit EV West with that in mind, but I couldn't spark enough
> interest in
> >> my family to make the trip up there. Dang it.
> >>
> >> Marc Perdue
> >>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:10 PM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Was watching some fun videos about electric conversions of a 356 and a
> >>> split-window
> >>> bus <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOUc75r39g&t=123s> by the
> wizards at
> >>> EV West and thought about what it would take to get a bolt-in kit
> >>> <https://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=226> to
> make
> >>> an electric Vanagon. I wrote to their sales department inquiring
> whether a
> >>> Vanagon kit might be on the horizon and they said no, unsurprisingly.
> >>>
> >>> However, they said a number of customers have purchased their
> universal kit
> >>> for Vanagons(!). Anyone on the list one of these folks? If so, can you
> >>> speak to your experience?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hopefully,
> >>> -MB
> >>> --
> >>>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> >>> Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com
> >>>
>