Starting an Electric car conversion company.
My ultimate goal with this Electric Car Conversion project is to develop it into a business for myself. I believe initially the conversion business would be something to start on the side. Keep the day job, convert cars to electric on the side. Then should demand increase I would be able to do this full time and create a small business for myself and others. Once the company has started, there are many directions it could go. You could stick with conversions of older cars, or start developing an electric exotic car such as Tesla Motors has done or convert current hybrid vehicles into their plug-in variants etc etc. At this point I do have a vision for the company’s future, but it needs to start small… as I have a little girl on the way within the next month (yay! We are very excited about it) and that is going to take a lot of time!
That being said, how does one go about this project? Do you first find a customer who is willing to get a deal on a conversion? For instance would you offer them a converted car for just the cost of the parts only? How do you convince them you are capable of doing a conversion in the first place? How much is it initially going to cost, etc..? Or should you even go that route? Maybe I should do a conversion of my own and create a prototype from with to show we can do it, and that it can be done. Although we know many people have done this, so the question of “can it be done” is moot. From my initial research the general consensus is a conversion can be done for approximately $12,000.00. Now from what I understand that is the cost of the parts only. No time is figured into that calculation.
I have also posted this up on my Ning network page. It has a forums section for discussion on Electric Car Conversions. You can get that page by clicking this link here.
December 9th, 2008 at 10:25 am
WASHINGTON - The three major U.S auto manufacturers are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue, while the legislation clings to life support in Congress and top lawmakers and the White House suffer from bailout fatigue.