Turn a car from the past into an electric model. Several companies specialize in the production of transformation kits. This is a market that is gradually growing more and more, so that even some car manufacturers have started to offer solutions to convert some of their old endothermic vehicles into electric vehicles. Let’s think of Renault, for example, which makes it possible to electrify the first generation Renault 4, Renault 5 and Twingo through a collaboration with R-FIT.
Now the news has come that electrogenica British company specializing in converting models such as the Citroen DS, Land Rover Defender and Jaguar E-Type to electric traction. made a kit What allow easy to convert an old Mini in the battery model. The kit is priced at £15,000 (around €17,180) plus VAT and will be available from autumn. According to Electrogenic, any qualified mechanic can install the kit.
The kit, according to the company, makes it easy to replace the old Mini’s internal combustion engine with an electric one. There is no need to make any structural changes to the car. the engine offers a power of 45 kW and feeds on battery 20 kWh which allows you to drive 80 miles (about 129 km), which is enough to move around the city. However, the UK-based company says it intends to offer a second kit later with a larger battery to allow for more mileage. However, at the moment it is not specified when it will be available and, above all, how much autonomy will actually be increased.
Electrogenic emphasizes that the kit is already assembled. Whoever takes care of installing it will only have to secure it through a small support frame inside the Mini’s engine bay. The reason that prompted the English company to create and bring to market this “ready to use” kit, explained the co-founder Steve Drummond. Over time, they converted several Minis from the past into electric cars. At the same time, they received numerous requests from customers for an easy-to-install conversion kit.
Since there is no need to make structural changes to the MINI, the conversion is potentially reversible.
Source: HD Motori
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