Topic

Hi All.

Saw this interesting article in a motoring mag. A 'crate' EV motor has been developed, called a HPD (High Power Density Motor). Aim at the DIY electric clasic community.

Size and weight 441 x 384 x 228 and just 49.9Kg it has a brushless perm magnet motor, transmission and differential and develops 80kW (107bhp).

Expensive! £6400 pus VAT, you must add your own batteries.

Company: Swindon Powertrain.

more details: https://webshop.swindonpowertrain.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=261

Thanks for posting that. To be fair £6.4K isn't that bad for an EV package.

Yes I thought that but have no idea how much batteries would cost. Also excludes the dreaded VAT.

Swindon's crate motors do look quite interesting. Pretty expensive compared to some DIY options - £6400 ex VAT is around what my conversion will cost in total, let alone just the powertrain parts, but it'll be lighter and you'd get some OEM support which is probably a value-add for many folks...

One advantage of that by the looks is compactness. We're lucky that our cars have loads of room where the engine was - if you were converting something old and tiny then it'll probably be pretty great.

Performance is not particularly special - 80kW is quite a lot less than something like a repurposed drivetrain from a Nissan Leaf.