If you look into the electric power train swaps they can easily run into 6 figures.
For now. The swap industry is still new and every drivetrain has to be built from bespoke parts and a lot of labor- when electric becomes mandatory and not a luxury, there will be a blossoming industry of ready-made battery and motor/transmission kits meant to adapt commonly built cars over to electric. When it goes from weeks of wiring and fabricating to a day or two of unbolting parts, those swap costs will drop to economically feasible levels. And since we’ll likely never see an economic electric car under $40k in our lifetime… there’s a lot of value to have there.
And “successful” in every other industry is a bit of a stretch. Tolerated, sure, and the modern consumer is braindead enough to think it’s OK. It is my personal preference that any modern car with this stuff baked into it is a failure and I will never touch one with a ten foot pole, they can go fuck themselves with that rent seeking.
For now. The swap industry is still new and every drivetrain has to be built from bespoke parts and a lot of labor- when electric becomes mandatory and not a luxury, there will be a blossoming industry of ready-made battery and motor/transmission kits meant to adapt commonly built cars over to electric. When it goes from weeks of wiring and fabricating to a day or two of unbolting parts, those swap costs will drop to economically feasible levels. And since we’ll likely never see an economic electric car under $40k in our lifetime… there’s a lot of value to have there.
And “successful” in every other industry is a bit of a stretch. Tolerated, sure, and the modern consumer is braindead enough to think it’s OK. It is my personal preference that any modern car with this stuff baked into it is a failure and I will never touch one with a ten foot pole, they can go fuck themselves with that rent seeking.
Same thing.
It isn’t.
Let me know when you find one for a GT86.