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there are a few companies that'll convert any car you give them, its 25k+ so lets say you minus out 10k for the existing engine cost, is someone really going to pay 15k extra for the electric engine option when you can just buy the gas version and spend 4k to offset the carbon emissions for the life of the car. (wild assumption on the cost to offset on my part)
You can get a lotus elise for 25k on ebay, convert it for 25k, and have a 50k car about the same as a 100k tesla... or you can just buy the Elise and offset the carbon emissions and be in an even better position.
Honda & Toyota found out that people won't pay more for a hybrid engine option (civic/accord/camry/highlander), but a car that is ONLY hybrid sells well (prius)
The only way we're going to see electric cars is by making zero emissions the law and forcing solar power on all homes where the 15 year loan cost on a solar/wind/geo system is break even of less than the homes current energy costs.
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