This is the story of how a family team came to construct a Golf GTI powered by Tesla batteries.
It started with the purchase of a crashed Tesla Model S during the first lockdown. Our first step was to undertake some proper Health and Safety training. None of us wanted to fry!
We spent many enjoyable days during that remarkable, sunny spring stripping the Tesla. Knowing that we would not have to reassemble it meant it was pure investigation with no pressure.
Presently, we had a pile of high voltage parts piled in the workshop – and a derelict Golf in the next bay. After just a coffee-break discussion, the plan was made….. install the Tesla parts into the Golf!