WANTED: Insight with Bad Battery or Powertrain
WANTED: I am looking for an Insight with a bad battery or bad engine or bad transmission etc.
WHY: I want to give it a new life as a dedicated electric vehicle
HOW: This is actually the interesting part. We know how to hack the controls of a Ford Escape HEV. Turns out, the transmission will run without an engine and could be configured to put all 120kW to the road! So I dont need any of the existing powertrain to work. I will add Li-Ion batteries in the hybrid bay in the back.
I saw someone with a dysfunctional Insight a few months back that I should have acted upon. If you have a failing Insight, rather than risk huge repair bills, please sell it to me for a good cause (new life as an EV).
I will post the results of this project on this site if others are interested in: Project FrankenInsight.
- Mike
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