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Thanks everyone. Get as many people as you can to vote. Right now a jeep is winning so I need the votes for the EV GT-40!

Many of you have seen my EV GT-40, all electric Fiberfab Valkyrie GT-40 look alike that I built up as an electric car. My project was recently selected by EVtv out of 900+ entries as one of the top ten finalists. It now up to how many votes you get before August 31st. I could really use the...

After being driven for more than 350 miles without a single drop of gas or petroleum based fuel, the EVGT-40 earns its stripes. Now more than ever it draws attention when driving down the street.

The car is currently powered by 12 -12 Volt Hawker Odyssey AGM batteries (144 volt -105ah). I have plans to replace these with a Li-ion battery pack which will have twice the capacity and be a third of the weight. With the current configuration it has about a 35 mile range on a 3 hour charge...

The finished interior

Transformer!

After two years of work its done and on the road. Incredible acceleration and silent!

Photo of the car opened up.

The completed GT-40 replica, a 1968 Fiberfab Valkyrie which was restored and redesigned as an entirely electric car. More details on my build blog at www.evmania.com. This photo was taken at a local Electric Auto Association meeting. Notice its plugged in getting a charge.

The batteries replace the space where the engine would have been. With AGM batteries the car will have a range of about 50 miles. Eventually this will be replaced with Lithium Polymer batteries which should give the car about a 120 mile range.

The Warp 9 motor powering the EVGT-40

1968 Fiberfab Valkyrie being restored as a electric car. 168 Volt system powering a 9" Warp 9 motor with a Cafe Electric Zilla motor controller.

After about a year of work, "Ohm's Law" a Fiberfab Valkyrie GT-40 look alike I have been restoring and converting to electric came out of the garage for a couple of test runs. Many of you guys may be wondering about electric cars and may be following the Tesla Roadster. What you don't know...

I am new to this forum, but the whole reason I purchased a GT40 replica was to use it as a foundation to build an electric car. The electric motor technology has been there to produce fast cars. The missing link which is being filled in is the batteries. What Tesla Motor's outed CEO and...