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AcceptingVisa/Mastercard-$10minimum as he puts about 10,000 miles on it a year. e work took a solid ve months, they said, but it now has a 200-mile range and can charge overnight.

As an EV, he said the Satellite has a 325-mile range and takes about 10 hours to charge at his home.

Of course, range and charging times depend on which batteries and electric motors owners retro t into the cars.

Brothers Kevin and Tim Bradley took the motor and battery pack from a totaled 2015 Tesla and installed them in Tim’s Pontiac Fiero.

Tim, who lives in Colorado, found the Fiero in Iowa with 14,000 miles on it, and drove it until it hit 22,000 miles. ey started taking it apart for EV conversion in March 2020, and said the pandemic delayed the work.

But, once it was up and humming, Tim said it was much faster and easier to maintain.

“It’s far better now than it ever was as a gas car,” he said. “It’s impressive to drive.”

Kevin, who lives in Texas, challenged the belief that EV conversion “ruins” classic cars. He believed it did the opposite: It helps preserve them by keeping them drivable for longer.

Plus, electric conversion is perfect for classic cars that sit idle for long periods of time, he said. is causes a lot of problems for gas-powered vehicles, but Kevin and Tim pointed out how that’s not the case once they’re converted to electric.

As Tim said of electric vehicles: “It’s like your refrigerator: It always runs.”