Electric Car Conversions

[jay]

I'll rephrase the question.

Is anyone in the Mahoning Valley tinkering with an electric car conversion?

or

Would anyone be interested in creating an electric vehicle demonstration project?

[AllanY2525]

How about this:

Toyota already makes a version of the "Rav-4" small SUV in California that is ALL electric.
The car has a top speed of 76 M.P.H. and can travel approximately 240 miles before
re-charging its batteris.  (I read this on the Internet a couple years ago).

So, I guess that begs the question: Why is this vehicle only sold in California?  Since
Toyota and GM are manufacturing partners, WHY isn't GM jumping on the bandwagon
and building some electric cars?

[jay]

Has anyone in our area ever converted an existing car to run with an electric motor and batteries?  I certainly would like to see the car if it were still around.  Maybe electric car conversions could develop into a new industry for the valley.