Revolutionary New Electric Conversion System For Classic Mini
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- Опубликовано: 23 мар 2023
- Before you zap your classic Mini into an electric powerhouse, check out this video, where I uncover a wickedly easy system that does all the heavy lifting for you.
Trust me, electrifying your Classic can be a bumpy road, but this system makes it silky smooth.
E-Crate/ Kit for Classic MINI
Full Bolt In kit for the classic British mini.
Fellten designed, developed and manufactured everything in the UK.
Check out rechargedheritage.co.uk/owner... they offer and drive in drive out service
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I would be interested in a DIY kit
Love this. Drive in with a busted 998cc and come out a day later with a full electric swap
Yep that’s the plan, I think Recharge heritage take about 1 week.
These bolt in systems are looking even easier to do! The packaging is incredible though, getting all that in where the A series was and making it look like that is a huge accomplishment. I love the cable tray though.
It’s been a massive job but we have an amazing team who are super passionate about producing the best systems
some pure genius's must have made this kit...
I agree 😊
Yep took a few of them.
Your warehouse has to be the cleanest warehouse I've seen on RUclips.
Thanks, we have no oil any more so it’s not hard to keep clean
Is there no need for a bms, or is it hidden in the boxes
We did a conversion of a '66 Mini with a 100hp Zero Motorcycle drivetrain and BMW diff. After studying the weight distribution of the original Mini, we opted to put battery and drive up front with only the charger in back. Handles really well, like the old 100 hp racing versions. So for this kit, I hope the battery in back doesn't mess up the fun factor of the original Mini handling!
With this set up is 5kg lighter with a small amount more weigh in the rear but we are talking 10kg so the handling is amazing
Quality of Fellten systems stood out at the recent Fully Charged Show. Keep up the good work
Thank you.
Looks fantastic!
I need to import one. how to do that. please help me.
We ship these globally please reach out to sales@fellten.com
Saw this on Twitter a while back and have been looking for this video ever since!
Finally found the time to do a video
Well you certainly haven't been sitting down twiddling your thumbs while you've been off RUclips. Looks great!
We have so many other things to show in the coming months as well
price for kit and where to buy(for overseas to Malaysia)
We only sell to businesses. Please reach out to sales@fellten.com
Super slick design - well done!
Thank you
This is what we need to electrify the European car fleet. Good kits to retrofit cars already on the road.
Could not agree more
We need grants for people who convert their cars with approved kits. Instead of buying a whole new car that would save our cars from the scrapper as well. Rinse and reuse 😅
How much does it cost
@@roodick85yes and I'm paying for it you forget the co2 that it's takes to make it and the children who digs up the colbat to make you feel good it's slavery this is going fail the shipping uses 2 litres of fuel every second yes environmentally friendly only in your mind get a education in stead of being a sheep
this is awesome! I hope for even more bolt in kits in the future!
Yep they are coming just not as fast as we would like, but the development phase is not a fast process
@@FelltenSystems I don't know what you've got cooking but a bolt in for the VW bay window would be cool 😉
Which is going to be the total cost?
Recharged heritage can do drive in drive out for 40k
Amazing job. If you ever make a kit for the Miata business to business or direct to consumer I would buy one immediately.
We did a lot of the development for a Miata, as much as we do not sell a lot we are happy to sell parts and the cad models of the battery pack.
any chance a 2012 mini cooper conversion to EV? and any one can take this project in united state (NY or surrounding)
Fantastic. I watch all of your vids.
Please make a VW bay window bus kit! Mine is a ‘71 and needs it!
We have two customers working on them based around the Zonic 70 system
@@FelltenSystems don’t tease. My mind is melting. Searching your website now
Omg, I thought you guys had disappeared. Welcome back.
Thank you. We are only doing videos when we have something worth sharing now.
How much money???
What about a price?
We sell directly to businesses so do not issue the trade pricing. Recharge Heritage offer a drive in drive out service.
How does someone in the United States, CA, get one of these? Would love to put one in a classic mini. Probably cost prohibitive for me, but sure would be fun on many levels
That looks like a really tidy kit. Nice work 👍⚡💯
Thanks Tim
Beautifully engineered solution
Thank you
Cost??!!
Check out our fully charged video vibes everything
that is a nice bit of kit, but the price makes it a rich man's toy, not an earth-saver
hope i live long enough to see these kits become a cost-effective alternative to IC
Over time they will become more cost effective
@@FelltenSystemsyou need to be a disruptor and change the game, aim for mass market not niche toys for the rich
Out-fucking-standing. Wish I still had my 1275GT.
Thank you
What’s the point of it being a 1275GT when those guts are gone? Plus you’ll need the 42 grand kit cost and someone to fit it
How much??????
Recharge Heritage do a drive in drive out conversion in 5 days for 42k
That is exciting.
I'm dreaming of a kit somewhat similar to this for the current electric Mini (F56) to extended the battery range
I think something will come out soon
I really like this concept. There ought to be a whole industry converting what we have already, with gov grants available.....once we've built a few nuclear power stations to cover it, of course.
Yes definitely the gov just need to get behind it.
Wow liking this. Wonder if it would fit in my Mini based Gtm kit car. Yes it is mid engined.
Thank you. Unfortunately will not fit but the parts would.
There are a few Mini based cars at Maximum Mini. I wonder if this could work with any of those?
How to control everything IN THE CAR when driving?
Not sure we follow?
@@FelltenSystems How to see battery power you still have and so on. Thanks for answer.
how do emergency services reach a manual power cutoff if your upside sown in a hedge ?
There is also one in the boot, plus duel contactors so in accident the crash sensor will activate and open the contactors.
Think you need to call the fuel flap an energy cap!
I like that…. I like that allot.
looks very tidy and professional.
can you do the same show for the Defender kit you do?
Once we have it finish will do
I don't know if it is only a requirement in Denmark that accredited emc measurement and safety have been carried out. If a report is made within the EU, it can be reused and that way you can save up to €20,000
The motor and charging system we use does have EMC
@@FelltenSystems It is great that some parts are approved. There is just not enough in Denmark. It is a complete system that must be approved. An advantage, however, is that it can be approved for use on a series of cars. So if you approve a mini with your kit, you can build a number of them without additional approval. I have previously worked with emc and safety so I know quite a lot about the approval process.
At the moment I don't have the money for such expensive toys. It must remain a dream for now.
Now that you guys have got a presence in Australia, would you possibly look at doing a similar retrofit to the old Holden Commodore….?
Probably the most popular car in Australia for Decades, plenty of them flopping around….
I don’t see why not. We have quite a list of cars to consider in AUS
This is tight
Yep very
France ?
A sub from me, love from Zimbabwe, Africa.
Thank you
i hope there will be conversion kit for an Audi TT mk1 one day
Maybe but will be a few year off
Do this for modern used cars , like Citroën C3s, Toyota Yarises and Nissan Micras....
Modern cars are more difficult to convert, plus you cant change the taxation class in the UK for post 2001 vehicles.
They are a lot harder but still doable.
Everybody thought your heater box was the actual motor. 😅
😂
Is this still business only?
Currently yes but next year we will have some dealers that will sell and support directly to public
there are plenty of cheap or free german mini's here in the states, would be nice to have this for them rather than ultra rare and expensive classics.
Wait, when did you change your name?
A few weeks ago. We found they way to many companies where using Zero and EV so had to make a big change. Hope you like it.
@@FelltenSystems I do! And makes sense as ZeroEV did feel a little generic. Fellten feels like an old school British craftsman name .
All the interesting specs are missing. What does it add to the weight of the car.? What range? What's the 0-60 time?
From the information I've found it's same weight as a normal mini, and 0-60 in city mode is just over 11 seconds.
Sorry completely forgot. Same weight we’ll actually 5kg lighter. 0-60 is city is 11s and in sport 8s
Holy heck thats expensive.
I want this for Australia.
Funny you should say that. There is a new video coming base from our Australia location.
@FelltenSystems my dream is to work with classic cars and convert them. Need training facilities here 😫 😩
Promo'SM 👊
Welcome back! What’s the story with the new branding?
There was to many companies starting to use zero and ev so took the decision to rebrand well we where small enough to do so.
This needs inventing for not just the classic Mini, but for the BMW Mini. There are so many of those barely clinging on because of engine issues (head gasket) but the car is still in inherently good, and importantly safe, condition. They could last 10-15 more years. Kits like this one are just too niche, and the same out£of-reach trap as the other classic electrification kits….the initial car costs a fortune to buy a very good one worth investing in.
The cost is too high at the moment. This type of kit costs nearly twice as much as a Fiat 500e. £42,500 to convert your own Mini or £60k to buy one restored and converted.
The reason they are building it for classics is because it is an emotional purchase, not a logical one.
@@waveman1500 You are very right. I work in sales for an EV conversion company in Canada and I often quote kits for different vehicles but due mostly to the cost of the battery packs people are put off because as you said, it's not the practical solution, it's a passion project.
We well said, also the base car holds its value and in most cases continues to increase in value.
The other sales tack is that the base vehicle value does not drop unlike buying a new ev so it’s more of a drivable enjoyable investment.
I’m currently driving the electric version of the BMW Mini. It makes a fun sporty little car even better, short range notwithstanding…Although BMW has done their version of in house “bolt in” to create the SE (complete with cage to mate up with ICE motor mounts to keep the subframe the same) it would probably be stupid expensive to buy the parts and convert yourself (although I’d love to see someone do it!)
What with the new name???
Everyone was starting to use Zero and EV so was getting over used. We took the decision to rebrand to Fellten so can build something.
Great idea and fantastic product. But the 42k entry price is a deal breaker. Gotta do better with price.
It’s a good start and as we grow our manufacturing capacity can see prices coming down.
@@FelltenSystems Can you let me know when/if you plan to offer direct to consumer sales?
Hello , can I install tesla model 3 rear motor in my car with width of 1,652 mm ? ( model 3 motor width is 640 )
Maybe
Now cut the price by 10 and consumers might consider.
If we can build enough in volume it’s possible
Wot no rapid charge..??
Not with a 19kwh pack plus with the fuel port design could not fit a ccs port without putting in a different place
How does it pass the required IVA test? How many have gone the test without any issues
Does not require IVA as full bolt in with no chassis mods so just log book update and expectation. Recharge Heritage have put quite a few through now. But if you want to do a kit car then IVA is no problem as all our systems meet R100.1 regs.
What about the modifications to the front subframe? Drilling holes in the subframe could weaken it or do you weld in braces?
@@guyflaskett1926 They're supplying a whole new subframe. I don't think the subframe counts as part of the "chassis" according to UK regs.
Closed captions aren't working for me anyone know the price?
Check out rechargedheritage.co.uk/ownership/ they offer and drive in drive out service
What electric motor are you using in this kit? Nice kit and nice video.
We are using a Zonic 70
@@FelltenSystems it looked like it had a gearbox on it? What drive system is with it.
Price ?
Recharge heritage offer a drive in drive out conversion for 42k with vat
From £42,500!!!!!!!!
Yeah. .....
Can this kit be sold independently of its components.
No we only sell a full kit. Or can sell parts that are used.
How much is the kit? The recharged heritage drive in / out conversion starts at 42.5k, I presume the kit must be sub 30k?
Correct the kit is sub 30k without vat.
@@FelltenSystems Since this is business-to-business you might want to keep the price under your hat.
In this video you have said the conversion is one day's labour and the kit cost is under £30k.
Anyone looking to have their car converted could quickly deduce from that how much markup the installer is making.
What happened with Zero EV?...
Nothing we just rebranded to Fellten. This was because there is now so many companies using the word Zero or EV the market was getting saturated.
I think that is really neat but I would only do that to a classic Mini if the gas engine is at a point of no return. I would not want to ruin a classic Mini. The range seems to be not great. Perhaps future batteries would offer greater range? Assuming they don't think people would need much range. There is or was a company that made parts for classic Mini cars. Perhaps one could use in addition to the Mini parts from that company to make a 'new' Mini?
Personally I want to see a classic Mini converted to use a Liquid Piston engine which can run on a variety of fuels. I believe it could use hydrogen as it's fuel? (Just thinking out loud). Perhaps convert it use a hydrogen fuel cell? Perhaps have a greater range and still be green? It would have water as the exhaust. (Still thinking out loud).
Range will continue to improve over time as battery technology improves. Main thing for us was not messing with the vehicle weight. With this kit and news shells someone could build new minis
In order to use a hydrogen fuel cell you would need something like this full kit plus gas tank and fuel cell. But don’t see the point to take electricity to produce hydrogen then to just convert it back to electricity.
It's good to see that at least on Zonic motor actually exists, but it doesn't matter if no one can buy them. You didn't even respond to my request for pricing information - not even the courtesy of a "go away you unimportant maggot, we won't sell to you" note.
Zonic motors does not have an email address just a mailing list so who did you email? Legacy ev and ev europe sell to the public.
@@FelltenSystems True - the Zonic operation is so uninterested in providing information that it provides no way to query them. Knowing that Zonic was a ZeroEV offshoot I contacted ZeroEV (which was still that name at the time, a few months ago)... and received no response at all.
Given the name of a distributor, I can now see that LegacyEV does list the Zonic motors on the product web pages, with prices. That's helpful; Zonic's website should provide links to distributors if they're not going to respond to queries.
Thanks for the response.
I wonder whats the price here for this..
Watched the whole video only to find out it's only b2b. Well that's great. Just what I needed. A middle man to make it more expensive and a general inability to use this product on my own. Sick.
Sorry, but we have not had much success selling to end users. That might change long term or but the support requirements are high when selling direct.
@Paul J, could this be an awesome opportunity to start your own business as an installer ? ;-)
If you're wondering.. that starts at 42k
For a fully fitted system.
Fair bit is labour cost I imagine.
Plus once fitted there will be warranty obligations.
A DIY version might be an idea putting the onus on the customer to fit it properly and be responsible for damages due to poor fitting etc with limited warranty could bring the price down for those of us who are confident enough to tackle it.
The dream is dead 😔
I wonder how how much this costs ?
Check out recharge Heritage they offer a drive in drive out service
@@FelltenSystems Will check them out
It's a great idea. But...
£42,500.
It's hardly an incentive to convert to electric
Even assuming the 'kit' costs half that price.
£21,250 still doesn't work.
Nearer £5k and I'd consider converting a car.
But at those prices... Petrol wins for me.
I'm not surprised, all the development, equipment etc, you couldn't do it for 10k let alone 5k, I doubt they're making too much money on that either, only reason new cars cost what they cost is scale, these guys are only probably producing 10's of units a year rather than the 10's of thousands a year car companies make. It sucks but shit costs money.
@@mktrollop1093
I don't deny it.
But from a personal perspective. £42k is far too much.
Yes. £10k is more likely. But I'm a cheapskate.
Lol
We are always looking at brining prices down and starting to produce more and more kits so over time prices will come down but will take at least 5 years.
Absolute agree what you said. Below than 6000 pound. Auto parking. New. What do you think? ruclips.net/user/shortsu5ak2g1xxfw?feature=share
@@mktrollop1093it won’t be 10s it’ll be 1s. How many classic Mini owners will subject their cherished car to this conversion? The odd few. Part of the reason they own them is to tinker with the engine. To do this conversion you need a sorted body shell or a brand new one, ie a non original car. If you have that money you can maybe afford to convert.
Whats the cost?
Check out rechargedheritage.co.uk/ownership/ they offer and drive in drive out service
@@FelltenSystems Are these guys officially part of the MINI organisation? Looks like a joint venture between BMW/MINI, Fellten and Mini Sport.
And you get all of this for the price of a Tesla Model Y!! 🤣🤣
Exactly I would have the mini over a Tesla any day way more fun. Plus everyone has a Tesla these days.
Yep you get 40 grands worth of electronics in a car that is nowhere near safe enough for today’s roads. To drive at the speeds this kit could offer, in a Mini body shell, would be insanity.
@@sprint955st It's no more dangerous than driving a classic Mini with the petrol engine. People have been doing that for 60 years.
@@waveman1500I never said it was any less safe; I said that it’s not safe enough for modern roads. The petrol engine is not the issue, it’s that the body shell of a ‘classic’ Mini was suited to the roads of 50 years ago but not now.
£42k though 😂😂
Yep at the moment it’s expensive but over time prices will come down.
A rear battery in the back of mini not exactly safe if it gets rear ended, creating a death trap.
You do know there was a fuel tank right at the rear of the mini even more in the crash zone.
£42,000 is a joke right?
for 16-18k you can buy perfectly fine used energica ebike (21,5kwh battery with ccs charging) and convert it to LIGHT vehicle - overall performance/charging capabilities will be better, labor cost and I am exaggerating max 10k but i think much less + you get a lof of parts left from original moto
For a low volume OEM approved system that is the correct price. These things take years to develop and parts are not cheap. Unfortunately due to volume we can not use used parts and our system meets all safety standard.
42 thousand? might as well get a tesla.
I would have a mini over a Tesla way more fun and not something you see every day. Plus Mini’s put a smile on everyone that sees it’s face.
Bro! Awesome! How much??
Please email us for pricing sales@fellten.com