biketeacherdave
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What ??
Nodge68
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Well I stand corrected. There is a D3 local to me that I've seen which is converted to electric. Unfortunately I didn't have my phone with me, so I couldn't take any pictures, and the owner wasn't about either.Unfortunately the D4 is far too heavy to be considered a suitable candidate for an EV conversion, at least not one with a practical range.
Also the huge amount of electronic integration would make it an absolute nightmare to get to work correctly, if there's no engine ECM to communicate the correct data to the rest of the vehicle's ECMs.
Also the D4 unlikely to be a future classic.
The vehicles listed above are, and the Freelander 1 is also becoming a bit of a classic, so put your money into a good one of those, and it's almost certainly going to go up in value.
I did have a quick look underneath though, and spotted a battery pack where the fuel tank would normally be, and another in the space where the spare wheel and rear silencers normally hang. It had a manual gearbox, so it's possible there is an additional battery box under the bonnet, as an electric motor much smaller than the original TDV6.
I've seen it twice now, the last time was driving in the opposite direction, so again I couldn't photograph it, or talk to the driver.
frostythor
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And my car is now 24 years and 6 months old,
