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Originally Posted by nuke11
What is your idea for a fusion conversion? Remove all of the running gear from the vehicle and substitute electric motors at the wheels?
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Not at the wheels, for a variety of reasons. But your entire drivetrain goes right out the window, to be replaced by the reactor and a big electric motor (or two, if you prefer). Hard to replace the axles but replacing the transaxle makes a lot of sense and is pretty easy with two drive motors. Don't even need a transmission!! Your suspension remains the same, as well as a few auxiliary parts, but the inside of an electric vehicle does not share many parts with the inside of a comparable fossil fuel vehicle. And by "does not" I mean "can not" - the systems are not compatible without massive inefficiencies.