From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 3/7/2025 12:47 PM, Leon Fisk wrote:   
   > On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 11:53:53 -0700   
   > Bob La Londe  wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >> The biggest   
   >> problem is with all the modern mandatory standards I think its nearly   
   >> impossible to produce ANY cheap car that isn't a toy.   
   >   
   > This retrofit is WAY OVER THE TOP... but it's nice to see standard   
   > controls, knobs, levers... instead of a TV touch screen to control   
   > stuff. They stuck a panel in the dash but kept the standard   
   > speedometer beside it🤷️   
   >   
   > https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/driving-an-ev-restomod-th   
   t-costs-as-much-as-a-house-the-jia-chieftain/   
   >   
   > It would be interesting to see the parts list used for it but I doubt   
   > it's available...   
   >   
      
   Well, like I mentioned in the "practical" EV conversion thread I was   
   told a complete kit including everything including a VCU for a full size   
   truck was $58,000 from one source.   
      
   I'm not sure what exactly a VCU (vehicle control unit) does, but it   
   sounds like it might substitute for controlling the vehicle sans motor,   
   inverter, etc core of the conversion.  I would think it would interface   
   in place of the oem computers and processors.  Its the only thing that   
   makes sense.   
      
   That being said a conversion that uses the stock gear box, and has a   
   cable from the transmission could easily use the  stock speedometer.   
   Those that use a simple hall sensor, might still be usable with some   
   minor electrical hackery.  If it is driven by the vehicle computer like   
   the modern HUD in my F250 then probably not.   
      
      
      
      
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