Chevrolet to offer kit to convert gasoline classic cars into EVs

DETROIT – General Motors will soon offer an electric crate-motor package to allow people to replace gasoline-powered engines with fully electric propulsion systems in classic cars.

It's dubbed the Electric Connect and Cruise eCrate Package and it is seen as a "future business opportunity," Chevrolet Vice President Scott Bell recently told the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.