Watch out all you Prius drivers out there, there's a new electric beast on the roads. This guy spent 6 weeks retrofiting an '81 El Camino with a 100% electric system. When asked why an El Camino and not a lighter car (as a fellow tank...err El Camino owner I wondered this myself), he replied:
“The Civic would have a bit more range, but which would you rather drive?”
The total cost of 30k included the cost of the car and 18k for batteries.
“The Civic would have a bit more range, but which would you rather drive?”
The total cost of 30k included the cost of the car and 18k for batteries.
I was wondering about this bit though:
"The clutch, with its 30 pounds of rotational mass and energy bleeding slip, is long gone. It’s just power-sapping dead weight rendered unnecessary with a little practice to hone his clutchless shifting in a car that only needs two gears."
How do you shift gears without a clutch?