{"id":21179,"date":"2018-02-15T06:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T12:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21179"},"modified":"2018-04-17T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T19:00:24","slug":"1981-honda-accord-with-an-electric-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21179","title":{"rendered":"1981 Honda Accord with an Electric Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=21184\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?fit=970%2C760&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"970,760\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1981 Honda Accord with an Electric Motor 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1981 Honda Accord gasser with an electric motor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?fit=970%2C760&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C470&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1981 Honda Accord gasser with an electric motor\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C470&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?resize=768%2C602&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-01.jpg?w=970&amp;ssl=1 970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jim Belosic combined a 1981 Honda Accord, Gasser suspension, and an electric motor into something he calls Teslonda. The electric powertrain consists of a Tesla Model S P85 electric motor with a 2012 Chevy Volt lithium-ion battery pack with 16kWh capacity. The combination helps the little car accelerate 0-60 mph in 2.7 seconds. You can view more photos and follow updates here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/teslonda\/\">@Teslonda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOLzpBzUXZs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yS7WVLFgWhY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=21185\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1981 Honda Accord with an Electric Motor 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1981 Honda Accord gasser with an electric motor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1981 Honda A1981 Honda Accord gasser with an electric motor\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-21185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1981-Honda-Accord-with-an-Electric-Motor-02.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1km9ilIiLiAmjSpuB_Z-RQ\">Jim Belosic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/teslonda\/\">@Teslonda<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/oppositelock.kinja.com\/thats-an-interesting-build-1823021344\">OppositeLock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Belosic combined a 1981 Honda Accord, Gasser suspension, and an electric motor into something he calls Teslonda. The electric powertrain consists of a Tesla Model S P85 electric motor with a 2012 Chevy Volt lithium-ion battery pack with 16kWh capacity. The combination helps the little car accelerate 0-60 mph in 2.7 seconds. You can&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21179\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1981 Honda Accord with an Electric Motor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accord"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22708,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22708","url_meta":{"origin":21179,"position":0},"title":"Electric Accord Goes 0-60 MPH in 2.48 Seconds","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Teslonda is a 1981 Honda Accord with an electric powertrain owned by Jim Belosic. 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