Electic Lotus Elan C10 conversion kit

[TrueBlue]

Some may be making lite of it but i true is serious ...

Passion may have taken over on financial thoughts though , as your input would suggest this at an expensive way to take the elan into 2011... without it being the elan mk3 thats coming out in 2012?

yes clemo i agree and i would love the new elan2013 I love the sides, but i dont like the top/back, it's not convertible and the biggest thing is it isnt electric or hydro/atomic, which i think is a big mistake considering what the year 2013 symbolises....
The whole industry has been brainwashed by the petrol company suppression....
the tesla was born out of california with the support of many world loving stars!! and the support of many of the 'smaller' car dealerships who refused to be supressed and made a stand....
the tesla is the result of that stand, but we need to keep on pushing ... it's david and goliath....isnt it always!!

[TrueBlue]

hey i love this E kart!! http://www.vehicle-designer.co.uk/ekart.htm
whoever said clive sinclair was mad....put them both together and someone's got a winner especially for commuters in london!! AVINT!!

[GeoffSmith]

If I were planning to make an electric sports car, I'd probably start with something like a Lotus 7-type kit.

Mass is the enemy.

Maybe a couple of these? There's even a mathematical proof for you: 2 x C5 = C10. Oh, and Clive Sinclair was brilliant (I've still got a Sinclair Scientific that takes more than a second to compute a log) but mad as a hatter.

[Nickydee]

Plans for the trike are available on his sister site

http://www.mevltd.co.uk/etrikeplans.htm

[TrueBlue]

If I were planning to make an electric sports car, I'd probably start with something like a Lotus 7-type kit.

Mass is the enemy.

Maybe a couple of these? There's even a mathematical proof for you: 2 x C5 = C10. Oh, and Clive Sinclair was brilliant (I've still got a Sinclair Scientific that takes more than a second to compute a log) but mad as a hatter.

haha atlast someone has spotted my humour!!

[TrueBlue]

Plans for the trike are available on his sister site

http://www.mevltd.co.uk/etrikeplans.htm

thanks nicky
i'm impressed with the effort these small companies and designers are putting in
i'll contact them to see how much they could do an elan conversion for....
it's interesting to know how much a person has to pay to have their own car design made too!! for avacar.tv (start-up)
in the future when we've built up a list of customers and a nice money pot!!
Mr. Chapman was there once!! just like they are!!

[GeoffSmith]

i wonder if kers could be added to your elan ? have telsa thought of this option?

Yes. They use regenerative braking - motors become generators dumping energy into batteries rather than producing heat.

[TrueBlue]

it's a shame i'm not into boats instead of cars, then i could just get an http://i-carp.com/
**p**

[TrueBlue]

ok i'm waiting for a call back ... should have some prices and stuff soon both for the avacar.tv cars and also for the elan conversion (if viable)

[Specky]

I am wondering how many Elan owners would be interested in an electric base model to be made for the elan panels from ur existing elan to fit onto?

IF ANYONE CAN OFFER ANY TECHNICAL EXPERTISE THEN PLEASE ALSO POST BELOW BEFORE IT IS SOLIDIFIED

I'm intrested in an electric Elan, but you've gotta be barking at that price...

Personally I'd be willing to pay about £500 - 1000, that's nearly quater of the value of the car..

There are several things I would want for my money...

I'd want more speed, more power, cheaper running costs and ease of maintenance...

and there's only one product I can think of that even gets close....LPG and it's been done on the Elan before

Excuse the Pun, but Electric is an non starter for the Elan for the foreseeable future

to tell the truth I'm happy with the little clockwork pull back mechanism fitted to mine... and it turns out the red ones are faster...

TTFN

[rip]

There are several things I would want for my money...

I'd want more speed, more power, cheaper running costs and ease of maintenance...

Hardly demanding then are you?
How about a Honda Fireblade.

[Specky]

I'd end up a pile of flowers at the side of the road

and for that price my money would go on "Thunder City" and a trip in a Lightning

That's an English ELECTRIC Lightning....

TTFN

[TrueBlue]

I'd end up a pile of flowers at the side of the road

and for that price my money would go on "Thunder City" and a trip in a Lightning

That's an English ELECTRIC Lightning....

TTFN

well that's got to be a lifetimes elan ownership all condensed into one hit....
why not also take loads of heroin and coke and lsd and take a load of girls from amsterdam up there into space all at the same time too!! and then come back and retire in a care home for the demented
you only live once as everyone keeps telling me

[TrueBlue]

goforit!

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[muley]

I'd end up a pile of flowers at the side of the road

and for that price my money would go on "Thunder City" and a trip in a Lightning

That's an English ELECTRIC Lightning....

TTFN

..I've been there and seen it all - Hunters, Buccaneers, Lightnings - the complete schmeer.

(Did you know the Hunter trainers were configured as trainers for the Buccaneer 'cos there were no dual Buccaneers?)

. Didn't splash out on a flight tho"

Jim

[Specky]

Lucky git,

I just hope the Lightnings carry on flying after last years accident...

Clicky

Just to be able to fly faster than Concorde...

TTFN

[superbad]

I think if you really wanted to do an electric Elan, something like this would be the way to go:

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/ ... ric-drive/
http://d1g1taldr1ve.com/d1-tech-specs/

Pack batteries around the sides and where the fuel tank currently is (and up the backbone if you can). This version is only 100hp, but has 400+ ft-lbs torque. You'd accelerate very quickly up to a fairly slow top speed. There is supposed to be a higher power version on the way.

[TrueBlue]

hey thankx...they say they will be releasing one later for a supercar....so that sounds worth waiting for!!