electric power scooter

An electric vehicle conversion is the modification of a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) driven vehicle to battery electric propulsion, creating a battery electric vehicle. In some cases the vehicle may be built by the converter, or assembled from a kit car, and vehicles of this type are also noted below.

Vehicles may be converted by a manufacturer (as was done by Ford Motor Company to create the Ford Ranger EV or by an independent converter that purchases new vehicles without motors and related equipment (these are called "gliders"). Most conversions in North America are performed by hobbyists who typically will convert a well used vehicle with a non-functioning engine, since such defective vehicles can be quite inexpensive to purchase. Other hobbyists with larger budgets may prefer to convert a later model vehicle, or a vehicle of a particular type.

Elements of a conversion