Toyota Prius camper conversion has us charging for the woods

Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Hatchback, Toyota, Tokyo Auto Salon, Specialty, Design/Style

Love it or hate it, Toyota has done an impressive job with the Prius. What started as a single model has grown to a whole family, including the versatile new Prius V minivan. But for some even that won’t prove enough space, so Japanese conversion [...]

Amp Electric Vehicles leads plug-in conversion pack with Equinox EV

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily, Amp Electric Vehicles

This is a big week for Amp Electric Vehicles, because the fledgling electric vehicle (EV) conversion company is finally delivering its first Amp’d Equinox to a fleet customer. Amp president Steve Burns told AutoblogGreen that the converted Chevrolet Equinox has been much, much improved since we [...]

Largest bus dealership in U.S. opens second alt-fuel conversion facility in Indiana

Filed under: Etc., Manufacturing/Plants, Natural Gas, Green Daily
California-based Creative Bus Sales, the largest commercial bus dealership in the U.S., has officially opened the doors of its 30,000-square-foot alternative fuel conversion facility in Elkhart, IN. The facility will perform the necessary tasks to convert gasoline-powered buses, trucks and vans to run on either propane or compressed [...]

Frankenstein’s Garage: Maybach coupe isn’t Xenatech’s first conversion

Filed under: Design/Style

Xenatech conversions – Click above for image gallery

Wonder where this firm Xenatech came from? The German company made headlines a couple of weeks ago with sketches of a Maybach coupe it intends to bring to market, but as you may well have guessed, the luxo-Merc isn’t the first chop job the company has [...]

eBay find of the day: 2001 Chrysler Sebring EV conversion

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chrysler

For those of you who can’t wait for a factory-built electric vehicle, and can’t swing the cash for a Tesla Roadster, a seller on eBay is offering up a recently converted 2001 Chrysler Sebring. This is the previous-generation Sebring, before the design went from plain to hideous.
As this is written, there [...]