Tesla powered Fiat 500 Electric Conversion Kit. Full bolt-in kit overview.

[@jimcabezola3051]

As if your conversion weren't already enough to make this car better in every way to the stock ICE version, it's a REAL pleasure to see you young people avoid nailing a lousy infotainment screen to the dash board.🤣🤣 Even an OAP like me could drive this. There is NOTHING I dislike about this car as you've rebuilt it here! This is perfectly sized for nipping about Honolulu. All the new cars around here are those awful, character-less SUVs and MPVs that scarcely fit in either the car parks or the lousy roads. I bet our speed limits of mostly 35MPH would allow even this car to circumnavigate the whole 112-mile route around the eastern half of this island of O'ahu. What a great machine. Aloha to all of you out there.

[@toyotaprius79]

Aloha agus dia diút from Ireland Absolute travesty what happened from the wildfires last year. Last thing I've heard was that there were thousands missing, an entire heritage town burned from the ground, a pity reply from Oprah and her flammable monoculture farms and hideously opportunistic real estate agents calling victims to flip their land for more tourist resorts and mansions

[@randoawesomemix9501]

It probably fits in to Hawaii better than a British ex-pat casting shade at locals...

[@jimcabezola3051]

@@randoawesomemix9501 Well...unless I open my mouth to speak... 🤣🤣 In truth, this place is perfect for a cyclist. That's why I'm content with having no cars anymore after decades in the slog of traffic all over the world. I'm over it... Besides, when the most-honourable stewards of our green planet start gunning for even EV drivers' car keys to "save" our world from ourselves...only pedestrians and cyclists might be spared. Maybe...

[@Team33Team33]

This is how cars should be made nowadays. An electric kit and then you go out and find a shell of your choice. Coach builders would be back in business. You could even think of a 4 wheel chassis and roll bar with standard points for fixing body panels to it and you then go out and buy the panels for the type of car you want.

[@haroldkreye8770]

Exactly. A modular chassis and body panels…great idea.

[@SirHackaL0t.]

Should the motor be 44kW, not 44kWh? KWh implies storage of energy which a motor isn’t capable of. :)

[@peterduxbury927]

I do agree with your comment. However, I do like the very neat replacement for the Fiat 500s original Speedometer, but there was never a mention with regards to the number of miles covered. I did not see an Odometer Function. Did I miss this? It's really important.

[@Lobo-ih3bh]

And it’s only £28000 fitted. 😂 ludicrous.

[@Chris-ot9jf]

Plus VAT 🤣

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I hope we see a lot more of these bolt-in kits for classic cars in the future.

[@richy69ify]

governments should subsidise them if climate change was real

[@cinchan04]

More mini ev conversions please... Watching from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@brianb-p6586]

So there's nothing "Tesla" about this other than the battery modules.

[@rivaterrier]

Yeah, so?

[@brianb-p6586]

@@rivaterrier so the title is clickbait

[@billbayer5526]

Engiro powered...Tesla energied.

[@rivaterrier]

@@brianb-p6586no it’s not.

[@GuyHoogewerf]

Well he did say Tesla powered and I guess it is

[@NorthernMan932]

Here in Wales, with 20mph speed limits everywhere, this is the perfect conversion.

[@GuyHoogewerf]

Great Video - I want to see more of these... can you do a Land Rover Series? and for those that think converting classics is sacrilegious, I would suggest that converting is the best way to keep these cars on the road and out of a Museum

[@Chris-ot9jf]

£28000!! Jesus that’s expensive Plus VAT by the way 😂 £50000 if you want one already done… Plus VAT 🤪

[@luckyguy600]

how many tanks of gasoline would that be? Mind you it is a FIAT after all. JUNK ...

[@silentclassics1745]

@@luckyguy600 28k Is including labour to fit the kit

[@MandyFlame]

Or buy a low mileage Fiat 500e for £13k ~ £14k.

[@sketchmyevent8378]

Will this kit fit in a manual 2012 fiat 500 twin air? My engine has metal in the twin air 0.9 turbo, but this would be awesome. What’s the torque on this electric kit/

[@mikey9999]

Awesome...I want one

[@global_nomad.]

my mother in laws 1960's 500 is sitting in the basement garage in Rome waiting for somethign like this - obvious two questions are cost and who can/needs to fit the kit - presume its not a diy kit with all the hv?

[@alastairwatson3201]

That system would be quite suitable for an 850 Sport Coupe, wouldn’t it?

[@aswartz5925]

I too would like to know if this kit works well in an 850 Sport Coupe.

[@chrisholmes2326]

I absolutely love the idea retro conversion kit for a classic car. Techie question "does you Kit allow for a Park Mechanism being applied the the drive train, rather just relying on the park brake only?

[@Miles7955]

Interesting kit. It'd make one of them a fair amount more peppy to drive, considering it's quadrupling the HP. Also thought it was funny how he was trying to demonstrate the shifter, but the camera cut to the shifter in the vehicle.

[@andrewmcgowan53]

Australian here...... Heater and no A/C? Are you trying to kill me?

[@luckyguy600]

The answer is yes. Economically dude.

[@silentclassics1745]

We are working on a AC solution currently!

[@ad_fletch]

Great, would love to do one of these in Melbourne.

[@ZBott]

If those battery packs get any more energy dense, you could get the boot back. But till then, I don't think people refitting old Fiats really care that much about the lost space.

[@terryhayward7905]

The battery pack takes the place of the fuel tank that was in the boot, so you don't lose a lot of space.

[@terryhayward7905]

I love the little Fiat 500, Performance specs would be useful, distance on a full battery and top speed.

[@billbayer5526]

Give credit where it's due: Engiro powered...not Tesla powered.

[@computerjantje]

as always prices have to go a lot lower to not be just another fancy quirk for the few interested ritch

[@xenasloan6859]

Good man, love your work

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

This is really cool to see. Revitalize old cars that would otherwise be taken off the road. Would love to see a high horsepower build in one of these

[@californiamicke9527]

👋👋🇸🇪

[@pooounderscoreman]

Damn, I thought we'd see it drive

[@lampy5490]

If it doesn't need a clutch, and it runs through a locked gear box why not just attach it directly into the differential?

[@roscored1000]

reverse maybe

[@th42]

Rover mini conversion? How much?

[@emilypeters8888]

One question why don’t you offer one that connect to automatic gear would the gears not give you a faster 0-60 and faster top end. Pls excuse me if I am being an idiot while I understand the basics of electric cars I am coming from a history of ICE vehicles and truly don’t know. That said this car and kit looks awesome. I would love one for a Volvo es1800 maybe a 75

[@89five3five]

Electric motors are too powerful for automatic transmissions.

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

@@89five3five yarrrr that old transmission is gonna become a nice metal slushie if you attach a big new motor to it lol.

[@teklife]

how much?

[@MrTomasMaliauka]

1:05 Motor power measures in kilowatts, not in kilowatt hours :)

[@bradley9856]

why did you say the motor is 44kWh and not 44kW?

[@brianb-p6586]

Many EV conversion people have essentially no understanding of basic science, so they don't realize that nonsense like this is wrong.

[@oliver90owner]

Yes, a bit of a faux pas so early in the video! Otherwise it seems like a good presentation. Missing the cost, mind? And details of how it is integrated into the car would have been useful?

[@AraCarrano]

Is there a version with Air Conditioning?

[@PeterCox-k1w]

Its like a kids battery powered car, too small and unsafe in todays motoring lunacy. Price is a bit ambitious

[@Airship17]

40 kWh motor 🙄

[@nv1493]

Classics are classics for a reason - sticking electric motors in everything is a farce. Let the fan base fire away.....

[@psircos]

I have to disagree im afraid. Why anyone would put a battery into a classic car like this, is beyond my understanding. Its not a classic 595, fiat 650, alfa twin cam, or anything else remotely similar, unless you get the sound of the ice and the smell from the carbs. This is just driving a retro toaster. EVs have their place. As i mostly drive within a 15miles radius for work, i would use one in a heartbeat. This though, this is sacrilegious

[@RTDRalph]

Is it still sacrilegious when it's a bolt-in conversion?

[@psircos]

Well, I think this is a point of debate/discussion which will ware on for decades. Going by what is known, EVs are 'not' the saviours of the planet and the more that time passes, the more this appears to be true. In my view, appreciating fully that this is only my view , replacing a tiny petrol engine with a electric motor serves no purpose, other than the cost of this, to the supplier. If we take this wee car is particular, what's it going to do; 1000, maybe 1500 mls per year. Probably less! Almost all the fiat 500 or similar cars that attend Italian Day, for eg, have their cars on a trailer. So I ask again, what's the point?

[@GregHighPressure]

@@psircos slightly speculative conjecture perhaps.. with the conversion why do you think it would be limited to 3-5 miles a day? with your 15 mile trip you would easily hit 3500+ and be capable of 10k easily. it will also go faster and quieter than the original.. parts will also now be easier to source when they are needed, but the failure rates are tiny compared to classic ice. :D An EV this small you could easily power of a very cheap small solar setup. 15 miles will be only 4 kwh (and just 28p total on night tarrifs) 4kw of panels is only £600 right now, so just 1 hour of full sun!!

[@psircos]

😂....not speculative at all. I own an Italian car. I go to Italian car days/shows. People don't drive these things a great distance! One very small example...brakes are rubbish! You wanna go and make them faster?? So, not only are you paying for the electrification, you also want to upgrade everything else! These are NOT modern cars, but by electrifying them, you suggest they are more usable, which is not the case.

[@Chris-ot9jf]

Have you seen the price!