Bob, I owned and drove a pure, electric drive vehicle for over a year recently. I recently sold it so I could build a better one. I even made a profit. Unfortunately, the DeLorean is a poor conversion candidate. The car is heavy, and offers poor placement for the heavy batteries. The bulk of them would be in the rear and would make the weight ratio worse than it already is. There's almost no space up forward for batteries and the frame crumple tube extension couldn't bear the weight anyway. The range would be terrible. Perhaps when Lithium Ion batteries become more available, it would be worth it. They're much lighter and more powerful than lead-acid or nickle-metal hydride batteries. The power/weight ratio is better. I know Dave Delman is hot to build one. Maybe he has a few ideas to make it feasible. My electric truck was a 25 year old postal truck. It wasn't converted, it was purpose built as an electric vehicle for the post office. I typically got a 40 mile range. The top speed was 55 mph. It was a little slow, but I kept to secondary roads and I was fine. Really, the only reason I sold it was because it was unsafe. The body was plastic and the frame was an aluminum roll-cage. An impact with even a small car would have put me in the hospital. Remeber, this was really old technology. It really worked though. I only bought gasoline every 2 months because I never drove the DeLorean except on long trips. The best cars to convert to electric drive are VW's. Old/new Beetles, Karman Ghias, Rabbits and Porsche 914's make great conversions 75-80 mph speeds and acceptable ranges of 40-70 miles on old-style lead golfcart batteries. They are cost-effective because parts are common and cheap. I know you like sporty cars. Bradley kit cars are great to convert because they're on Beetle chassis, they're aerodynamic and light. Here's a pic of my Bradley GT II: http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/racuti1/PA280019.jpg http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/racuti1/DSC00974.jpg http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/racuti1/DSC00975.jpg I bought it as a little buddy for my DeLorean. Anyway, to make a long story short, to convert a gas car to an EV, you need to make it light, aerodynamic, and it has to facilitate good weight distribution once it's loaded up with batteries. Save your DeLorean as your cross-country cruiser. Unfortunately, I've decided not to convert my Bradley GT II because it's in too nice of a condition. I'd hate to cut it up to make the necessary structural changes. It has a twin carb '74 SuperBeetle engine with much bigger pistons. It gets around 30 mpg and I've had it over 100 mph. If it ran like crap or it was a gas-hog I might. So, I'm on the look-out for an old Ghia or Beetle. Rich A. #5335 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/