I got to drive the Nissan Leaf electric car

[snellemin]

Yea, I married a good woman. I can't afford 1000HP Ford GT or Ferrari. So I'll do it the Shelby way. Cheap Girly chassis, stuffed with big motor.

In the mid 90's, I first saw the conversion done in a Miata. It had the 5.0 Ford motor stuffed in it and my jaw dropped. Monster Miata has conversion kits now, so it's doable in my small garage at home.

Or Castle or Tekin can come up with new ESC for the Electric cars and I could have some serious fun tweaking. Have 5 Throttle profiles in the Nissan Leaf would be cool. It has the Eco mode which gains you some miles, but just sucks with 4 adults in the car. It takes 30 minutes to fully charge at the high power stations. 10 minute charge gains you about 30 miles of range. It does have a single 12V lead acide battery in the front that is used for the 12V accesories. A small solar panel also charges the 12V battery on sunny days.