mechanically disinclined

[explunz]

I'm not mechanical, although I do like to figure out how things work. However mechanics make more money than I do, so it seems to make sense to do whatever work I can myself.
I would like to own an all electric vehicle as soon as possible for lower cost and simplicty.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! Some people have converted their vehicles to be 100% electric.

 

[trj360]

Simplicity? The entire car would be controlled by a computer, that is not simplicity.

 

[1Aauto]

Welcome to the site.

 

[dogfriend]

http://www.teslamotors.com/

 

[imp]

Computer Control?

Simplicity? The entire car would be controlled by a computer, that is not simplicity.

A greater part of overall function of each year's new vehicles is computer monotored or controlled anyway, so, why would an entire electric-powered car computer controlled be considered too complex?

I thought everyone's fear of "computer control" had slowly dissipated over the past 20 years, as we got stuck with more and more of it!

Been wrong before, though, especially when I escaped from the bottle....imp

 

[2000StreetRod]

Waiting for a good plugin

I'm not mechanical, although I do like to figure out how things work. However mechanics make more money than I do, so it seems to make sense to do whatever work I can myself.
I would like to own an all electric vehicle as soon as possible for lower cost and simplicty.

A high power electric motor/generator speed controller is not very simple but is probably easy to replace. I decided years ago to skip the hybrids and wait for a plugin all electric. Now I just have to live long enough for the price to drop so I can afford one.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcome