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1958 Zelectric VW Beetle with ragtop sunroof in Anthracite. 100% electric. 100hp. 100 mile range w/ Tesla battery pack.

This 550-horsepower 1968 Zelectric Porsche 912 is fully powered by its Tesla Model S P85 motor.

This 1960 Volkswagen Beetle features Tesla Model S battery packs, custom 2-speed manual transaxle, 102hp electric motor. Lighter. Faster. Blacker! 100-mile range. Plug in anywhere.

Walk-around video of the all-electric (5X the original hp) 1974 VW Thing we did with ICON Customs - AKA "The Wild Thing."

Absolutely iconic. It’s a 1967 21-window Zelectric Microbus.

Hop in for a quick drive in the first Zelectric Porsche 911, a 1973 Targa, retrofitted with 54 kWh Tesla Model S batteries. 150-180-mile range. Dual AC motors output 214 lb/ft of torque, 181 hp. 0-60 7 sec. Top speed estimated at 150. Weight distribution 43:57. Quicker charge with dual Level-2 chargers.

1969 Zelectric Ghia. It always looked like a true sportscar, now it drives like one. Featuring Tesla batteries and a custom 2-speed transmission. 

LA Auto Show – Time travel back to 2016 with David as he takes a look at our Tesla-powered Porsche 911, Zelectric Karmann Ghia and some of the newest (then) all-electric cars at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. Back when driving electric wasn’t quite mainstream. Yet.

“Drive with Dave” Miller stopped by for a quick look at our first 911 upgrade.

The Verge stopped by for a visit with film crew and some radically fun test drives. It's always a surprise when someone drives one for the first time. Driver Jason Harper has raced at Le Mans, crushed a car with a 50-ton tank; see how he reacts to his first hands-on Zelectric experience.

Zelectric Motors featured on San Diego's NBC news - including a revealing interview with David, our #1 RetroFuturist.  Somehow he never gets tired of explaining what this is all about.

Get this: a 60-year old Zelectric passing Teslas, Porsches. Climb into our stripped-down-for-speed Silver 1959 for an e-Beetle record-setting TT run at the Laguna Seca track in Monterey. This car was featured coast to coast on The Discovery Channel, snapped up and sold in 2015.

Take a spin with us as we field test this newly flux-capacitated 1974 Volkswagen Thing. With spartan design concept based on the VW Kübelwagen used by German military during WWII, it's a 2-wheel drive, 4-door, convertible, off road classic. Other than its 85hp 3-phase AC electric motor, this one's pure stock: no cuts or welds in this revolutionary retrofit.

From MotoringTV - a quick interview and closeup look at Zelectrics shown back in the day at the 2014 Los Angeles International Auto Show. What a turn out! 

Many thanks to our hero Robert Angelo for documenting our first Zelectric Bug here: meet our beloved 1963 ragtop.

Join David for this Walk Around : 1966 Zelectric Bug.