eBay Find of the Day: Electrified 1984 Honda Civic wagon

Posted by in Auto Green on 02 6th, 2009 | no responses

Auto Blog: EV/Plug-in , Green Culture , Honda Click above for a gallery of the electric Honda Civic on eBay Tired of waiting for a major automaker to offer an electric vehicle ? We feel your pain. In the meantime, there are quite a few outlets that would be happy to build one for you using an existing vehicle as a platform to start with. Such is the case with this 1984 Honda Civic wagon . The car has been completely restored and it appears exactly as you’d expect a model of its vintage to look, on the outside at least. A quick glance under the hood, though, will reveal that it’s got no engine. Instead of a gasoline-burning four cylinder powerplant, this Civic has been converted to electric drive using a 6.7″ electric motor from Advanced DC, an 800 amp controller and 12 Energizer GC8 8-volt lead acid batteries. According to the team that performed the conversion, this electrified Civic can safely travel over 40 miles under decent conditions. The transmission is still hooked up, though it’s not really necessary to use all the gears. Judging from the images, everything looks like it’s been done extremely well, and it’s nice to see small shops like this jumping into the EV game. Gallery: Electric Honda Civic conversion on eBay [Source: eBay ] eBay Find of the Day: Electrified 1984 Honda Civic wagon originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green