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Be prepared to spend BIG money doing this. A proper controller to allow you to connect the throttle pedal to a motor is $4000-5000. A stack of batteries sufficient to power the car for a reasonable distance is $1000 or more (and adds 500-1000lbs to the car). I know several people with electric 914s, and the price tag has been close to $10K for the cheapest conversions. It's one of those nice ideas until you do the math and realize that even with $3/gallon gas, you still have to go something like 85K miles to buy $10K in gas. Unfortunately, the controller cost is unlikely to fall anytime soon, as the economies of scale that make most electronics so cheap simply don't exist yet. One of the primary designer/suppliers of electric car controllers is a 914 guy (he has an 11-sec electric drag 914), and in talking with him, the components (like super-high-current transistors) simply aren't used by enough people to make them cheap. Batteries are also not really getting any cheaper or lighter, and a full set of lead-acid batteries can easily expire after 30-50K miles or so, depending on how badly they're abused. If you're hell-bent on the idea, google for the "Zilla" controller. There's a lot of information out there on doing conversions, as well as a few reasonably generic kits. There are specific kits for using the 914 gearbox, which is similar enough to the Type 3 gearbox that they could probably be adapted to it. Lots of battery space in a Type 3, as well. Under the back seat and in the front trunk you might be able to find the room for the 10-12 batteries you'd need. jamesm --- Ben Mungkornpanich <ben@givingclothes.com> wrote: > Ok, so I got a silly idea to convert my 69 SqBack to electric. Anyone know > of someone doing this before and/or any resources on it? I've seen bugs and > buses that have been converted...a sqback would be sweet. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com