[ausev] Converting a vehicle

[Alexa Villalobos]

Hi,
    I am really interested in converting a truck to electic so that i do not have to drive everywhere and waste a whole lot of gas.  i do construction and landscaping and was going to keep my regular truck for hauling stuff and use the electric vehicle for the days when im working with light tools.  which is really quite often.  i am getting a home equity loan to use for whatever on friday and im trying to put together a mix of things to use it for and one category i wanted to put an emphasis on would be energy efficiency because....well its important, and i have wanted to do these things for a while, ...but also it will be something that will save money and help to pay the loan off.  so im trying to figure out whether im going to insulate my house and put solar panels on it, or convert an electric truck.so i would appreciate any info on what sort of truck would be best.  whats the furthest i can make the truck go (unfortunately i do drive quite far every day....which is
 one reason i want to do the truck.)  how fast can i go.  what sort of cost is there for the conversion.  i am assuming the more money i spend on batteries the farther i can go.......i saw it takes like 100-200 hours to convert.  do you guys guide people through that?  or how does all that work?  thanks for any help....alexa    

       
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