Atlis Motor Vehicles was born Mark’s garage, ignited by curiosity and personal motivation. The goal: take his energy-guzzling diesel pickup and transform it into an electric truck. Back in 2014 it was just Mark, his truck, and long hours spent in the solitude of his garage. His early efforts spurred him to think hard about…
I met Steve Clunn in 2006 in a band. We are both musicians and now a duo. He showed up at a gig in an all electric converted Mazda B2000 truck with 42 GOLF CART batteries on board, a DIXIE CHOPPER he had converted to ELECTRIC and he mowed lawns with an all electric. I…
One of my earliest memories of any kind of an electric vehicle date back to around 1958, I was only about 5 years old. At that time, I had a little red pedal tractor. My Dad told me about getting a small car battery and a starter motor; then using the tractor’s chain drive to…
We recently caught up with Jon Volk or better known as “tesla_bimmer” from Instagram to chat about his converted E30 BMW. Please tell us a little about yourself, your background and how you got interested in EV conversions. I have been messing around with cars since I got my license. Then I got into fabrication…
Be sure to check our article all about Shockwave Motors and their Defiant EV3 RoadsterTM here. In this article we are going to talk about their conversion of a Model T! Why did you choose a Model T for a conversion? Actually, it is owned by someone else and they contacted us about doing the…
In 2009 I was inspired by the documentary film “Who Killed The Electric Car” to start a small company converting vehicles to electric. Was the goal always to be converting cars? Our ultimate goal is to manufacture our own electric HyperCar/MegaCar. What was the first conversion performed by BluPrint? Our first project was a Gen2 Toyota…
I am a self proclaimed electrical nerd. Started with car audio in high school, degreed in electronics engineering, career electrical engineer (17 years?). Started building drones a couple years back. I knew about EV conversions back in 2002 but the lead acid ba eries were horrible so li le interest grew. With the availability of…
I have been a business owner for over forty years and have owned and operated several businesses during that time. For the last thirty-two years I have owned and operated a custom engraving business. We design and manufacture items for a host of different industries. I have a degree in Electronics Technology, but I went…
1.We know Rich Rebuilds, the man who documents salvaging and repairing Tesla’s, but who was Rich Benoit before this life? What’s your background? My background is in information technology, a fancy name for an IT guy 2.When and where did the idea come from that not only could you salvage parts from damaged Tesla’s,…
How did your team come together and get started in this Business? The genesis of our vision began with our Founder, Michael M. Richardson. His original inspirations and individual story can be found on our site: https://retro-ev.com/about/ under Founder’s Story. Michael’s decision to dive in and start the firm began in 2014. In Tallinn, Estonia…
