Another electric car thread. BMW inside. And burnouts.

[iamsuperdan]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/27744/homebuilt-electric-e30-bmw-3-series-with-a-tesla-gm-powertrain-is-the-future-of-hot-rods

 

This one started ife as a BMW e30 cabrio.

Then it got an LS swap.

Now it has the drivetrain from a Tesla Model S.

 

If you're on Instagram, look this guy up, the story and process is pretty awesome.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Interesting, looks like nice work. The 65% rear weight bias is a little unsettling, and the implication that one has to learn CAD in order to "craft mounts for every new component" is tiring. I literally amaze people almost every working day by making all kinds of stuff without once even turning on the computer.

The "future of hot-rods" ? Well sure, the future of SOME hot-rods. But there's no shortage of other options, including non-petro IC engines. One of the things I've been working on lately is the framework for a legal exemption for hydrogen-burning internal combustion engines, when their gas-fueled counterparts are legislated off the roads.

One more point...hot rods were originally built from junk, to get cost-effective performance and style that was only obtainable otherwise by spending buckets of money. Building a Tesla-based rod is great, but it sure as heck ain't cheap.

Anyway, it's always good to see somebody building something different, especially when it actually functions. Cool little ElectroBimmer.

[Rodent]

Having owned a mostly stock E30 and knowing how tail happy they can be, I am concerned with the weight distribution on this thing.