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NitramA
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I was looking through the news today and came across this article on electrification of existing ICE cars.

https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/12 ... m=referral

I'm more than happy with mine and have no intention of trying it, but it did make me wonder if/when it might be a feasible option.

Bearing in mind that the XC40 has been designed to support batteries I wondered how easy it might be.
I get it that it's not going to be plug and play as the whole infotainment/control software isn't there but if you've got an older car it won't have it either.
Maybe you just have a big lever that connects the electric motor to the drive shaft via a belt/pulley system as fitted to my old mobylette moped back in the day.
I think it's safe to assume that it will cost more than the £900 quoted though!

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