Used Car of the Day: 2008 Volkswagen Beetle EV
That headline is NOT incorrect -- today's UCOTD is a 2008 Volkswagen Beetle EV.
Yes, I know, the Beetle was not available as an EV. At least not from the factory. Read on.
This one is a Canadian car that has been converted to electric by its owner. It has regenerative braking, Chevrolet Volt battery packs, and a lot more. The seller has spare batteries, as well.
The car looks pretty clean.
If you're interested in this, you can click here for details, but it does appear getting this car from Canada to the States might be tricky.
The asking price is CA $10,000 and the car is for sale in British Columbia.
[Images: Seller]
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Interesting project!
Interesting project car, however expecting someone else to drop that kind of cash down for it is a fools errand.