T5.2 and T6 Electric conversion
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I’ve been thinking that it might be be possible to use some 4motion kit and suitable motor/motors mounted neat the rear creating a hybrid!
You mean the ID Buzz ?
It´s to expensive and to small as a followup to the T Series
Yes its possible, but i dont see any advatage in Hybrid.
You need to keep all the Compustion Stuff, which takes a lot weight.
So only minimum Battery is possible ....
No. I meant the ford/vw Transporter. It was a vw badged one I had for the day.
But that is a Ford with a VW Badge
Yes, I know. Thats why I called it a "Transitporter".
Sometimes I wish I could speak German.
Interesting idea, but I think you’re fighting the van a bit with that one. From what I’ve seen, converting a T5.2 or T6 to electric sounds great on paper, but in reality it gets complicated (and expensive) very quickly.
Main issue is batteries — you either end up with limited range, or you load it up with so much weight that it kind of defeats the point of a usable van. Even VW struggled with that on the factory electric versions, which says a lot.
Then there’s the cost… by the time you’ve sourced parts, done the work, and got it all signed off, you’re probably into money that would’ve covered a lot of diesel (or just gone towards a proper EV from the start).
Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely doable and I’ve seen some cool builds, but it feels more like a passion project than something that makes sense day-to-day.
Personally, I’d either run the diesel as-is for now or wait and see how the newer factory EV vans improve — feels like a better route long term
Main issue is batteries — you either end up with limited range, or you load it up with so much weight that it kind of defeats the point of a usable van. Even VW struggled with that on the factory electric versions, which says a lot.
Then there’s the cost… by the time you’ve sourced parts, done the work, and got it all signed off, you’re probably into money that would’ve covered a lot of diesel (or just gone towards a proper EV from the start).
Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely doable and I’ve seen some cool builds, but it feels more like a passion project than something that makes sense day-to-day.
Personally, I’d either run the diesel as-is for now or wait and see how the newer factory EV vans improve — feels like a better route long term
Did you ever watch the THQ video, where they went to a place that has converted a Transporter using Tesla stuff? I will see if I can find it again on youtube.
Edit: I cant find the Fellten one again but I did find:
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I admire the dedication but would be more interested in converting an electric T6 into a diesel
Or even better electric to petrol b
I can swap parts and help with conversion
Yeh that would be even better.
Even if it wasn’t anything too mad like the golf gti engines in TSI.
Electric to TSI would be great
