Why not develop an axel with an integrated motor? It’d be easily scaled to any vehicle with a solid rear axle. Fill the engine bay with batteries… It seems like an easy approach to get a widely applicable EV conversion kit. Offer a few widths and diameter axles… Is it bad to have the motor in an unsprung position?I see hub motors, so I think not. I guess air conditioning would be another thing.
Most likely because higher-end EV swaps use Tesla rear drive units, which are fairly plentiful.
We’re starting to see commercial-off-the-shelf subframes for putting Tesla motors in classic trucks.
For example:
https://www.aemelectronics.com/products/ev_conversions/conversion_brackets/parts/HEV002-001