After $8,000 and 100 hours of labor, he now has an electric car. He figures it costs about 3 cents per mile to drive. He hopes the reduced operating costs will pay for the conversion in four years.

These electric car conversions have a starting price of $75,000 ... For buyers with technical know-how who prefer the hands-on approach, EV Underground offers a DIY kit option. The kits are tested ...

Yan, known as Yabert to the folks who haunt the DIY Electric Car forum, already had a very cool motorcycle conversion under his belt when he decided to try his hand at something just a bit bigger ...