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TREMEC WIXOM, Mich., Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — TREMEC, a subsidiary of KUO, today announced the acquisition of an innovative provider of plug-and-play EV conversion systems, Electric GT, Inc. The acquisition will enable TREMEC to strengthen its product offerings in the rapidly growing ICE-to-BEV vehicle conversion market. The newly branded company, TREMEC – Electric GT, will be based out of Electric GT’s headquarters in Huntington Beach, …

TREMEC Acquires EV Systems Provider, Electric GT, Advancing Offerings in the Turn-Key ICE-to-BEV Electric Vehicle Conversion Market Read More »

Per Article by Stacey Philips June 20, 2023 for Wards Auto HERE Electric GT, based in California, designs and manufactures turnkey crate EV systems for customers. Eric Hutchison, Electric GT’s managing director, says the team has noticed an increased interest in electric conversions, especially for older vehicles with underpowered motors. The company offers two flagship systems: …

Electric Vehicle Conversions Sparking Appeal Among Car Enthusiasts Read More »

Modified restomod EVs were all the rage at SEMA 2021. Here are the best… Electric GT’s offering here isn’t a single car. Nope, the company claims to make Tesla-motor packages that can convert any 911, 912 or 964 into an EV. Full article…

Each generation manifests a vision of the automobile’s future. Consider, from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927), the streamlined aerodynamics of the Rumpler Tropfenwagen, a mid-rear-engine car that acted as progenitor to the Tatra, the VW Beetle, and even the 911. Or the touchscreen-activated, search-engine-enabled cabs of The Fifth Element (1997) that presaged today’s tablet-forward infotainment systems. …

An Enjoyable Automotive Future Requires an Attitude Adjustment Read More »

A number of very special cars were showcased to the world at last week’s SEMA Show and these included a particularly electrifying (or is that Tesla-fying?) 964-generation Porsche 911. The restomod 911 in question comes from a company dubbed Electric GT and features an eGT913 powertrain that also fits Porsche 912 models. This system consists …

All-Electric Porsche 911 Has A Tesla Motor And A Custom Battery Pack Read More »

Electric GT is responsible for producing a wealth of EV conversion kits, powering everything from a Ferrari 308 to a Volkswagen bus. On show at SEMA was the company’s latest eGT 913 system, designed especially for rear-engined Porsche models such as the 911 and 912. Priced from $55,000, it is meant as a fully plug-and-play …

The game-changing modified EVs that rocked SEMA 2021 Read More »

Electric 911 Porsche Turbo It comes complete with a Tesla motor. SEMA gets wilder every year, and is the barometer for car trends across the globe. This year we’ve seen some pretty wild entries ranging from hardcore off-roaders, all the way to dedicated track machines and everything in-between. The fact that our planet is dying …

CarBuzz – This 964 Porsche 911 Turbo Gives Us Hope For An Electric Future Read More »

Instead of converting an electric car into one powered by a V8 – as he did with his Tesla Model S – Benoit presented ways to invert that logic. In other words, he showed companies with exciting solutions for EV conversions – not before making an accurate and sarcastic profile of ICE and EV lovers. …

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