A 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon will go under the knife for the sake of the course and be converted into a road-going electric vehicle, a process which typically costs around $10,000 including labour ...

A battery-powered conversion of the world's best-selling sports car has been produced by a small company in Oxfordshire. A 20-year-old Mazda MX-5 has been switched to electric power by Electrogenic.

On the other hand, truly cheap EVs are still few and far between in 2023, so this conversion ... doing a precheck of the car to make sure it's eligible to receive the electric treatment.