When a lot of customers are buying electric vehicles for the reasons, already known, some are also thinking to electrify their vehicles. While some have already done it, some are thinking whether it is ok to convert the vehicles like Golf GTI. Some might say it’s a way to give new life to your classic cars, while some would say that it’s a violation.
We might be wrong, but we think Kit Lacey has his eyes on the Baby Shark, but not to buy it. The vehicle has a three-speed automatic gearbox that can mate an electric motor and inverter and can house a battery pack. This is why, he would be interested in this vehicle, and why not. His company, eDub Services, converts vehicles into electric ones. We have already seen the Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk2, and it pains us to say that it was missing the 1.8-liter engine.
When we talked to him he says everything will be fine, and he showed the 3D details of the unique Golf subframe. He said fabrication is very difficult, but it’s very important to get the installation to work. If we don’t engineer the position of the motor by using the hard points of the bodywork, it won’t work. First, we have to deploy the motor, then install the drive shafts and batteries.
If it’s not easy for you to see the Golf GTI being rewired for a battery pack, then you are in for an even bigger shock. Their big project, which will begin in a few months, will be to do the same operation on the Porsche 911. He told us that it will be engineered as a stand-alone kit. Customers can take their vehicles to them for electric conversion or they can also purchase their range of pre-built models.
But, one might wonder how things get to this point. Well, his mother can be blamed for hits. He got the Nissan Leaf in 2011, and she was a senior university lecturer specializing in battery degradation. Even though Lacey says that he doesn’t have any experience or qualification in this business, you can see that he has a clear plan, and he is using the skills of engineers to work on his ideas.