Gas prices are on the rise and the Joneses don’t know where to turn. Unfortunately, employers don’t pay more to offset the increased cost of fuel. This leaves families struggling to find the means to deal with the additional cost of travel. Fewer families are going on vacation, visiting relatives and taking unnecessary trips away from home.

More and more people are turning to electric cars, but trading in your car to incur the added expense of a new vehicle is simply not feasible for many families. In fact, it may not even be the wisest choice. The practical option would be to simply convert your current car to an electric one. This would give you all the benefits of owning an electric car, without the hassle of buying a car, give up a vehicle you love and are used to, and eliminate high payments.

Converting your vehicle to an electric vehicle is quite affordable, much more than current gas prices, and certainly more affordable than buying a new vehicle. Plus, you’re saving yourself the extra hassle and worry that comes with buying a new vehicle. Keep the car you already committed to and turn it into a vehicle that fits your needs.

What an electric car conversion entails is the removal of your vehicle’s gasoline engine, replacing it with electric car counterparts such as electric motors, water pump, batteries, and various other parts needed to run an electric vehicle. In general, you can just follow the instructions provided in the electric car kits for the entire procedure.

While you don’t necessarily have to be a professional mechanic to convert your current vehicle to an electric one, you do need to have basic skills and knowledge of how the engine works to install the conversion kit yourself. If you don’t know, that’s fine, there are plenty of good mechanics out there who would install your electric conversion kit for a reasonable price. Remember, in the long run, the one-time fee for mechanical services would be worth it. In the future, while everyone else is still pining for rising gas prices, you may be enjoying the fact that you still have the car you originally bought, chosen because it fit your wants and needs, all while beating those prices. ridiculous. at the pump

So before you go and trade Bessy for a new, more expensive electric car, consider turning Bessy into that economy car it used to be, and hoped would one day be again.