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Time for Open Source Community EV's to Be Made. Anybody want to do something like that?
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this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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Woudnt it be a better idea just to offer standard EV kits to turn combustion engine cars into EVs?
It's unattainable for a low budget player to create and certify a car, and support it with parts for 20 years.
Just create a kit to turn your 10 year old VW into an EV, and let VW support the parts outside of EV domain
i think the good thing about an open source car is that we could crowdsource, or even make some parts ourselves, no?
daily driving conversions and heavily modified vehicles can get annoying, but something that has it in it's design could be something else.
Years ago i was looking for EV kits and found several people out there selling them. Idk what the current availability is, how much tech they have, or how open they are. The ones I saw were pretty low tech (lacking regen braking and such). Think accelerator pedal controls motor speed and a battery pack is about all they were. Again this was a while ago when I was looking (like 2010ish).
You could offer kits for older vehicles, but considering the cost of the kid and installation cost/effort, does it make sense to start with an older car that may have other issues coming soon?
So what's the alternative? Start with a new car and throw out the ICE? Sure, but a bit wasteful and even more expensive than an older car or you could find an existing manufacturer (idk like Lotus) who will basically provide you the car without the ICE related components (aka a glider). ;)
My dream is to convert an 1980s Saab 900 to electric!
Don't show this to c/carscirclejerk, it'll turn them over.
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