1970 Fiat 500 electric conversion

[jjwilde]

Def speak to Mike at https://www.indra.co.uk/ he knows his stuff and might be able to give you some advice or sell you parts for a DIY project.

[Blib]

Thank you, I've emailed them

[skwdenyer]

These guys have done EV conversions on a Citroen DS, a Daf 33 and so on.

https://www.nlelectric.nl/en/product/citroen-mehar...

IIRC they are all 48V however due to Dutch rules around higher voltages.

[Blib]

Thank you. I'll email them too.

London Electric Vehicles got back. They report they're developing kits, including one for the 500, and will get back with more news for me "in a few months".

[Huntsman]

I'd love an electric classic, but its got to be sensible money and right now they're just not there.

[ndtman]

Looks like Hertz are doing similar.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1147241/...

[Dave Hedgehog]

Blib said:

You make a fair point. However, this car has already been sacrificed once. This is how it looked when I bought it five years ago.






I believe that as I rescued the little thing from the scrapheap, I'm entitled to fettle it.

Edited by Blib on Thursday 11th July 18:49

take a look at rich rebuilds on youtube, he bought a write off electric bike pretty cheap and is converting a ford model A with the EV bits, something like that should work well in a light Fiat 500

[Lozrington]

Hi,

Have you heard any more about available kits? I’m looking to do a similar conversion, albeit will be looking to somehow achieve around 120 miles range. It must surely be feasible to undertake a conversion for circa £10k, doing the work oneself?

[skwdenyer]

Lozrington said:

Hi,

Have you heard any more about available kits? I’m looking to do a similar conversion, albeit will be looking to somehow achieve around 120 miles range. It must surely be feasible to undertake a conversion for circa £10k, doing the work oneself?

I don’t know if this might help?

https://youtu.be/7zOeBYIeAkg

Also links in the description might help too.

[Skyedriver]

Something I keep wondering about.
Small lower value "classic" and a write off modern EV, (Zoe/Leaf?, I have no real knowledge of EV power vehicles but want to learn).

Will follow this thread

[Wish]

Any update on this ?
I am wanting to convert a 500. Did classic chrome ever come back to you with a new DIY kit ?

[jeremyc]

Wish said:

Any update on this ?
I am wanting to convert a 500. Did classic chrome ever come back to you with a new DIY kit ?

See here for an update.

[Blib]

Wish said:

Any update on this ?
I am wanting to convert a 500. Did classic chrome ever come back to you with a new DIY kit ?

Mrs B took a test drive in Classic Chrome's demonstrator.

To cut a long story short, she eventually did a deal to convert her 500 with Electric Classic Cars. They had completed about 70% of the work when Corona shut them down. So, we wait.

ECC have been terrific to deal with, BTW. I'd recommend their services if that's the route you decide on with your conversion.

We were lucky with our build as they had another 500 client pull out so we took their slot. Otherwise, we would have had to wait months. (Oh the irony).

[Wish]

Can you pm me the cost of the conversion as you already had the car ?

Many thanks

[Blib]

Wish said:

Can you pm me the cost of the conversion as you already had the car ?

Many thanks

PM sent.

[Martyn76]

Johnny Smith did a video for his Car Pervert channel on a classic Mini that had been converted to an EV by Swindon Powertrain, PH have also done a piece on them here: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-ev/swindon-pow...

[EVheads]

Blib said:

PM sent.

Can you also pm me the cost of the conversion? Thanks a lot.

I am also looking to convert my 500 in the near future, and there are a handful of them providing the service now, but what they charge for the similar jobs varies a lot.

[Blib]

Brief clip of the car, with others.

It's the stealthiest of the three.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_plKj_HHyO/?igshid=up...

[PushedDover]

Blib said:

Brief clip of the car, with others.

It's the stealthiest of the three.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_plKj_HHyO/?igshid=up...

Such a joyous car - very good....


Mmmm, an Electric 2CV ?