--- title: BMW I3 Mod Brings Small Trucks To The EV Future | daily.dev description: Michael Pick converted a BMW i3 into a utility vehicle. He started with a new 12V battery and a cleanup, then stripped the interior and removed the hatch to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bmw-i3-mod-brings-small-trucks-to-the-ev-future-3rkucdufn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BMW I3 Mod Brings Small Trucks To The EV Future | daily.dev og:description: Michael Pick converted a BMW i3 into a utility vehicle. He started with a new 12V battery and a cleanup, then stripped the interior and removed the hatch to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bmw-i3-mod-brings-small-trucks-to-the-ev-future-3rkucdufn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3RKUCDuFn.png og:image:alt: BMW I3 Mod Brings Small Trucks To The EV Future og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BMW I3 Mod Brings Small Trucks To The EV Future **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Michael Pick converted a BMW i3 into a utility vehicle. He started with a new 12V battery and a cleanup, then stripped the interior and removed the hatch to cut away the back half of the cabin. The new bed is plywood coated in penetrating epoxy and bedliner for weatherproofing, with a sealed interface protecting the main electronics housed in a compartment below. Taillight electronics were rehoused since the original lenses didn't fit next to the new tailgate opening. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How did someone turn a BMW i3 into a pickup truck? Michael Pick converted a BMW i3 by removing the back half of the cabin and the hatch, then building a truck bed from plywood coated in penetrating epoxy and bedliner. He sealed the cabin-to-bed interface to protect the vehicle's main electronics, housed in a compartment below, and rehoused the taillight electronics since the stock lenses were too large for the new tailgate opening. _See more DIY EV conversion builds like this one by following project teardowns on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ford, Take Note: Classic Pickup Becomes The EV We Want](https://daily.dev/posts/ford-take-note-classic-pickup-becomes-the-ev-we-want-2qx0jwwp0) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [BMW challenged students to build an EV that makes more energy than it uses. 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