According to a Missouri local news station, Don Gibson, a high school senior, converted his 1994 Geo Metro into an electric car by pulling out the gas engine and replacing it with an electric forklift engine he bought on eBay for around $200. Don spent $3,000 total in his electric car but said that if he were to do it again, he could do it for $2000. … Doing the math here, that is equivalent to spending $0.016 or 1.5 cents per mile. Or as the article states, he is getting an equivalent of around 200 miles per gallon compared to a gas engine. (He had an unfair advantage—no government involvement or subsidies. The article blames “big oil” for blocking such, but at this cost, and small manufacturer could build them, if there was a demand. ~Bob.)
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