# GM fails to reproduce a good concept car V. Volt. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 9, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625 "2008-09-09T11:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/41 "2008-09-16T07:12:27Z")
it looks like a peanut ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/42 "2008-09-16T07:15:56Z")
LOL, a GM fail…Never :roll: ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/43 "2008-09-16T07:19:18Z")
You can convert most cars to 100% electric power right? I wonder how much motor swaps cost? I remember seeing an electric 240 on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/44 "2008-09-16T07:26:20Z")
[quote=“drvnkd,post:43,topic:54625"”] You can convert most cars to 100% electric power right? I wonder how much motor swaps cost? I remember seeing an electric 240 on TV. [/quote] It depends. You can buy kits that will fully convert a VW beetle for around $3000 and it will have approx 40hp. The kits are certainly out there. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/45 "2008-09-16T07:59:38Z")
Thats less than I would of thought. I found this too. > **[Electric vehicle conversion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_conversion)** > > An electric vehicle conversion is the modification of a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) to electric propulsion, creating an all-electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Hobbyists often build their own EVs by converting existing production cars to run solely on electricity. There is a cottage industry supporting the conversion and construction of BEVs by hobbyists. Universities such as the University of California, Irvine even build their own custom electric or hybrid-... ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/46 "2008-09-16T08:05:32Z")
Here, this is where I was looking into buying a motor from… [http://e-volks.com/about.html](http://e-volks.com/about.html) The top motor yields 90hp. Not too shabby. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/47 "2008-09-16T10:04:12Z")
Well I went and looked at it in person. The gloss black plastic makes it look cheap. It is bigger than I thought it would be. I will have to bring my camera tomorrow and take pics since there are more concepts down there as well. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625/48 "2008-09-16T10:14:51Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > Here, this is where I was looking into buying a motor from… > > [http://e-volks.com/about.html](http://e-volks.com/about.html) > > The top motor yields 90hp. Not too shabby. I will take the VW for $4200. For now I will use my 200mpg Subaru.😛 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-fails-to-reproduce-a-good-concept-car-v-volt/54625.md?page=2)