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Monday, October 23, 2023

At the Grocery Store This Morning - A 1976 BMW 2002 Converted to Electric

Photos by Salt Water New England
This morning at the grocery store pick-up, I encountered a pristinely beautiful 1976 BMW 2002 that had been converted to electric.  Its owner has a business in Brunswick that does just that, converts classic cars to electric.  He recently converted a Land Rover, which, among other benefits, also meant eliminating their concomitant smell.

   







 

12 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 23, 2023 at 1:12 PM

    very cool! Great car.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 23, 2023 at 1:39 PM

    No thank you. Have owned 1983 Mercedes 300 SD Turbo. 1983 Volvo 240 GL Wagon, 1992 Volvo 240 DL Wagon, 1999 BMW 528iT Wagon , 2011 BMW 528i .Nothing like a diesel or internal combustion engine, a shade mechanic & eccentric relic.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 23, 2023 at 5:38 PM

    But the Land Rover smell is all part of the experience! It's what makes it distinct!

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  4. ROBERT REICHARDTOctober 23, 2023 at 6:00 PM

    I don't like electric cars, although I can see that they would be useful in a small city or town.

    My only experience with electric transportation has always been with golf carts, and that's enough for me.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 23, 2023 at 7:44 PM

    Don't know how long he/she has owned it, but I do wonder how much driving it sees in the winter months.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 24, 2023 at 12:42 AM

    Good point. Don’t electric cars lose up to 30% efficiency when they operate in below freezing temperatures ?

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  7. AnonymousOctober 24, 2023 at 8:22 AM

    Now I REALLY miss my 1970 "roundie."

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  8. AnonymousOctober 25, 2023 at 8:39 AM

    Very cool. I wonder if the stick shift is for show or if they are running the electric motor to the wheels through the manual transmission. As I understand it, an electric motor doesn't need to have that many gears because so much torque is available from 0 rpm.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 25, 2023 at 4:17 PM

    I wonder what is the range (miles per charge)

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  10. AnonymousOctober 30, 2023 at 6:04 PM

    I don’t like electric cars so my 2022 XC60 is probably the last car I will own. If you have driven electric golf carts you’ll understand! scotmiss

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    1. AnonymousOctober 30, 2023 at 9:37 PM

      That's one less future source of pollutant, environmentally destructive emissions, though, so there's that.

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  11. AnonymousNovember 4, 2023 at 7:19 PM

    Here, in Monsoon Season electric cars on highways float away in flash floods, caught in rushing water, pushed off road into fences- impaled on metal fence posts and then its life and death situations for the drivers as the water level rise, the pure power of water currents, not to name the auto's electric malfunctioning's as this happens.
    The Southwest can be pretty deadly.

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