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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

highlights the small-but-growing phenomenon of people converting fossil-fueled cars to run on electricity. That’s three times the output of the Buick-based Rover V-8 that first powered these trucks in 1979, and nine times that of the anemic 50-hp gasoline engine the Rover boasted at its birth, in 1948. Major automakers, which together.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Buick electric SUV – the Electra is only a concept for now, but expect the sporty high-rider to provide inspiration for an upcoming electric Buick. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion.