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Originally Posted by IronFist
Yep, but what I meant was that no one is starting small and cheap. I'd do a lead acid conversion before buying someone elses guinea pig too. But it would be very hard to get a home built car legal and on the road here. I don't care if it's electric or gas. #1 item is cost. Tube frame, cloth covering. No safety restraints, but helmet manditory, 50Mph max is all ok by me. $5000 to buy and $15 to fill up, 1/4 normal emmissions. It would need a good heater though. It's something that could be done tomorrow until the proper battery gets invented. It might start to change the image we have of what transportation aught to be.
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In Arizona, we can get off-road buggies street-legal--this might make a good starting point, at least in mild-weather areas such as AZ. California frowns on several of Arizona's street-legal vehicles (police could confiscate an ATV or buggy even w/AZ street plates), but if they were electric, this might be an easier argument for Ahnold ...