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I hear about use-cases like yours constantly. I feel like auto-makers are really dropping the ball by not offering "low-tech" electric vehicles. Not only would that result in lower price points, but it appeals to people who don't want or don't trust all the high-tech bells and whistles being crammed into EVs these days.
It's clear that there is a huge market for people who just want an old-school car that runs on batteries, and not an overpriced luxury iPhone on wheels.
Cause they don't want to ship simple, fixable vehicles without spyware. Even the windshields are designed to pull "maximum value" from their users.
Edison Motors is wisely only making Semi and Pickup truck conversions with end user fixability in mind, but they have considered making Jeep kits down the road. There are also people pulling Tesla transaxles and putting them in better cars and you can buy the Ford Mustang Mach-E transaxle as a crate motor. BTW, why the fuck is something that's called a Mustang listed as an SUV?
There's a lot of really cool options for DIY EVs that are way better then the upbuilt golfcart motors people use to have to settle for.