For on-road use, I have. However I am preparing to engage in
conversations with a younger generation who are keen to roll their own,
and did so last summer with another closer to my age.
Age is a factor, but in Ontario and Quebec, the governments have all but
outlawed conversions, and the insurance industry is doing their best to
make them unaffordable to drive.
Ontario knuckled under to the big fossil-fuel-guzzling automakers (or
more accurately, truck makers). Quebec wanted to foster an EV
manufacturing industry, and 'hobbyists' were seen as an obstacle.
Most of them are avoiding the two issues I noted above by either living
outside the two provinces I straddle, or by having a donor vehicle in
mind that likely skirts a couple of the issues.
So for me, it's possibly putting one of my two old conversions back on
the road, though with 2 veteran EVs from major manufacturers in the
driveway doing daily service, that would not be about practicality or
reducing operating costs. However, I do want to put my solar-electric
boat back in the water this summer, will keep supporting local ebike
folks and keeping the 5-decade old Elec-Traks in service.
On 2025-02-02 4:00 p.m., ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org wrote:
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV Digest, Vol 148, Issue 1
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Has everyone quit building their own evs?
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