Converting gas-powered cars to EVs is a booming business

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Converting gas cars to electric is growing in popularity. CNBC explores what it takes to convert an ICE car and whether it could go mainstream.

compared with the year prior. But there are still a lot of gas cars on the roads today, and it's likely there will be for a long time.

Bream's shop, based in San Diego, California, is one of the early pioneers in EV conversions and has become so popular it has a four-to-five-year wait to get in the door. In addition to conversion shops, there is a fast-growing community of DIYers taking these projects on themselves. The complexity of electric vehicles can be intimidating, but that hasn't stopped 14-year-old Frances Farnam, who is working on converting a 1976 Porsche 914. She got the car three years ago and has been documenting the process on her YouTube channel, Tinkergineering."I've always wanted an electric car, and my mom has a BMW i3," Frances said.

 

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