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Horse of a Different Color: Can TREMEC Make the EV-Swapped Hot Rod a Reality?

Horse of a Different Color: One of the companies trying to break into the EV-conversion business is one you’ve heard of: TREMEC. We first saw the manual transmission manufacturer’s electrified 2004 Mustang GT at the 2023 SEMA show in Las Vegas last November. Unlike some other companies racing to reach the starting line, TREMEC got…

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

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,…

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Electric Vehicle Conversions Sparking Appeal Among Car Enthusiasts

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:…

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Electric GT’s EV ‘V8’ Crate Motor System Dominates EV Swaps in Display Vehicles at SEMA

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., October 24, 2022 (Newswire.com) – Electric GT, LLC , known for its modular turnkey EV Crate Motor Swap Systems, will have a dominating EV aftermarket presence at SEMA 2022 with a strong showing of its eGT-413 V8 EV Crate Motor Swap System and the eGT-913 Porsche 911 specific EV conversion system. EGT-equipped Classic Sports Cars, SUVs and…

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Clean Vehicle Rebate Program – California Incentivizes Swapping ICE To EVs

California has had programs aimed at getting owners into EVs for years, including the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program and the Clean Cars for All Program. The catch was that these programs were only for new vehicles and never for conversions. With Assembly Bill 2350, the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project, owners of internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicles…

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Electric Classic Car Convert Service Market to Witness Huge Growth by 2028

Latest Study on Industrial Growth of Global Electric Classic Car Convert Service Market 2021-2027. A detailed study accumulated to offer Latest insights about acute features of the Electric Classic Car Convert Service market. The report contains different market predictions related to revenue size, production, CAGR, Consumption, gross margin, price, and other substantial factors. While emphasizing…

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Electric GT in Top Gear – Seven Coolest EVs at SEMA

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…

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An Enjoyable Automotive Future Requires an Attitude Adjustment

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….

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

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…

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The game-changing modified EVs that rocked SEMA 2021

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…

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

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…

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AutoEvolution – Rich Rebuilds Checks SEMA Show Options for Seamless EV Conversions

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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CNN – Why classic cars are the next big thing in electric vehicles

(CNN)In 1958, a now-iconic Rolls-Royce advert promised passengers that, despite its eight-cylinder aluminum engine, the loudest noise would be its electric clock. Six decades later, modern technology is making good on that promise. “Henry Royce built those cars to be silent,” says David Lorenz, founder of luxury auto shop Lunaz. “Now, we can make that…

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Rennlist.com – Electric GT Shows Off Porsche 964 EV Swap At SEMA

Electric GT Offers no-frills EV swap for Porsche chassis that is a simple plug-and-play solution. Is this suave or sacrilege? For some, the thought of removing the iconic flat-six from the rear of a classic air-cooled generation 911 for an electric motor may sound outright offensive. However, it’s hard to argue with the massive performance…

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2020 TOP 10 HIGH TECH CARS – IEEE Spectrum

Vintage-car aficionados love to grouse about the time and money it takes to keep their babies running. Electric GT has a better idea: Skip ahead a century. The California company has developed an ingenious plug-and-play “crate motor” that transplants an electric heart into most any vintage gasoline car. I drove an orange 1982 Fiat 124 Spider that Electric GT converted…

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