Converting This Mercury Comet Wagon To Electric Should Cost Under $4,000

The cost includes a Nissan Leaf-compatible EV controller and a crashed donor car, but it doesn't include the 1962 Mercury Comet wagon.

The donor car, which has the battery pack and drive unit for the EV conversion cost $3,000. The EV controller that makes everything work was another $1,000. This EV swap project will get a custom-fabricated De Dion rear axle that will house a Nissan Leaf drive unit. If you love both electric vehicles and old cars, you can marry the two and create a modern EV-swapped classic.

Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up For more information, read ourPrivacy Policy and Terms of Use. Another approach is to insert the entire drive unit and subframe assembly from the donor EV into the vehicle you want to make electric. There are a lot of projects out there that just use a complete Tesla rear axle, including suspension, and then hook that up to a battery with a monitoring system and a controller to get everything to work.

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