Jack Crate (208.20.32.54) - Thu Jun 12 11:11:30 2008

Has anyone looked into this ?

Would like to share ideas .

My son has a two door and it is a great runner; am tempted to approach him with the idea of taking out the engine and gas tank and putting in an electric motor and some batteries.

Jack Crate, Frewsburg, NY

Reply #1 kevin hale (98.224.192.68) - Sun Jul 20 13:00:43 2008

i have been thinking about buying an electric motor and pitting it in a lite compact car such as a geo metro and i have some ideas about how you can run the car and have the batteries charging while you are driving or just when it is needed at a low cost, and it is not solar. kevin hale flint, michigan

Reply #2 Ben Nelson (75.86.208.192) - Thu Aug 21 11:13:08 2008

I have a Geo Metro I am converting to battery electric.

If I have one which ran well, I would just keep it as gas. They were such great little cars, it would be a shame to mess with one which is a good runner.

You can see information on what I am doing at;

Ecomodder.com in the "Fossil Fuel Free Forum".

Also, do a web search for "Forkenswift" for another interesting Metro to electric conversion.

-Ben

• Electro-Metro Conversion

Reply #3 dan baker (67.164.140.29) - Sun Sep 7 13:37:04 2008

I started a Suzuki Swift (Geo Metro) conversion in May... and its going well. You may want to check out my website as I am trying to make it a documentary for people that might want to try it.

So far it is not too hard. Certainly helps to have reasonable mechanical skiils, and really helps if you can do your own welding and fab of some custom brackets and racking.

www.envirokarma.org

• build gallery for Suzuki Swift conversion to EV

Reply #4 Joe (76.123.244.231) - Wed Feb 25 02:43:59 2009

There is a company in PA that makes an electric motor to replace your 3 cyl gas engine in a geo Metro and thre costs are about $1500.00 Not counting the batteries. I lost the link for it but as soon as I find it I will post it here for you all. I have a 1990 model Geo Metro that I am going to convert to an all electric. It will have a range of about 60 miles and you can plug it in to your wall outlet to charge it up. It also has a top speed of about 65 MPH but at that speed it will suck your batteries down pretty fast. I will find the company and give you the web site ASAP.

I'm going to convert mine asap.

Joe Pennington

Pound, Virginia

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