Fuck that, hang one on your wall! Your wife will love it.

Electric conversions are trivial. I mean it. I've done four. None of them were my idea. One of them was a riding lawnmower for my boss and it took me a weekend. Not only that but weight distribution is the least of your problems. You're replacing this:

http://image.superstreetonline.com/f/36072029w660h440q80re0+cr1/impp-1205-14-o%2Bscion-fr-s%2Bengine.jpg

With this:

And you're replacing this:

...okay, that was a mild exaggeration. But it's no exaggeration to say that the battery pack in the first Insight was literally 120 NiCD D-cells. You can put that shit anywhere.

Wanna see the "stupid vehicle" I'll buy when I have the bandwidth?

4 wheel independent, three locking hydraulic differentials, geared hubs, hauls a platoon of troops. The downside?

Aircooled slant 4 in a cabover.

This limits its top speed to about 55mph. And because in order to make more room in the compartment for...well... anything, you need to move the people.

Most people saw a coil off the springs in the back or replace the springs to make them ride better anyway. Far better to put in an electric motor (max rpm: ALL THE RPM) and a thousand pounds of batteries in back. You've just solved two problems.

It'd probably have a range of about 20 miles when all's said and done, though... ;-) But hey. There are calculations for that.

When I have more money.