# Question for all you VW fanbois **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994 "2009-06-24T10:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/1 "2009-06-24T10:13:05Z")
We had a employee car show today at work. They don’t allow pictures on campus here otherwise I’d post some. Anyway, there was an early 80’s VW (rabbit or jetta looking thing) and it was electric. From what some people told me there (couldn’t find the owner) the car has been fully electric and it has regenerative braking since the year it was made. On the front bumper it has OEM looking decals saying “Electric”. It can go a top speed of 60mph with a range of 50-80miles. Has anyone heard of any VW electric cars made in the early 80’s? It is possible that GE (the company I work for) converted it to electric as they have been doing that to some cars for many years now as research projects. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/2 "2009-06-24T10:15:45Z")
Nope, never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/3 "2009-06-24T10:22:24Z")
Nope, never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/4 "2009-06-24T10:31:30Z")
Wow sounds like a broken record in here…echo…echo…echo ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/5 "2009-06-24T10:37:08Z")
[http://www.mrsharkey.com/rabbit.htm](http://www.mrsharkey.com/rabbit.htm) This is just like the car I saw. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_ST4TUS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_st4tus/32/6290_2.png) [@imported\_ST4TUS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_ST4TUS)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/6 "2009-06-24T10:38:21Z")
Voltsrabbit / VW Rabbit EV conversion ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/7 "2009-06-24T10:41:23Z")
> [@The Ritz](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-ritz/19831/28): > > Voltsrabbit / VW Rabbit EV conversion Yeah its a common platform for EV conversion today, but this was done in the early 80’s. Pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/8 "2009-06-24T10:43:12Z")
Amazing stats for a 20yr old conversion, many modern EV’s have a tough time breaking those stats. Bet that thing would do a burly burnout too. ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/9 "2009-06-24T11:39:24Z")
full electric converson done for under 10K. lots of ppl do it nowadays. u can buy kits for that or buy one converted. u have to plug these in though, theyre not hybrids. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/10 "2009-06-24T11:55:12Z")
> [@FS:1999 Caddy Eldorado,Black,chrome wheels](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1999-caddy-eldorado-black-chrome-wheels/19811/14): > > full electric converson done for under 10K. lots of ppl do it nowadays. u can buy kits for that or buy one converted. u have to plug these in though, theyre not hybrids. I have no interest in an electric car right now. But just thought it was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/11 "2009-06-26T18:11:13Z")
awesome man! didn’t even know they were doing that shit back in the eighties! ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-you-vw-fanbois/244994/12 "2009-06-27T10:59:52Z")
> [@oh mister newman....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-mister-newman/19861/108): > > awesome man! didn’t even know they were doing that shit back in the eighties! check out some of the electric drag race cars they have. its prety nasty. you see a dinky little car sittin there makin no sound, then the damn thing takes off liek a bat outta hell. its pretty awesome