Tesla-Swapped Honda S2000 is a 500 HP Electric Roadster
This Tesla-Swapped Honda S2000 uses a pair of Chevrolet Volt batteries and offers 120 miles of range.
The Honda S2000 is a modern classic. The front-engine roadster won the hearts of enthusiasts worldwide with its screaming VTEC motor. With electric mobility taking over the world, intoxicating exhaust notes are fast becoming a thing of the past. However, in a recent Hoonigan video, the YouTube channel offers an in-depth look at a future-proof 500 HP Tesla-swapped Honda 2000.
Garden Grove, California-based outfit Rywire Motorsports Electronics is responsible for electrifying the Japanese automaker’s beloved sports car. Hoonigan featured the Tesla converted Honda S2000 in a recent installment of the Build Biology series. Ryan Basseri from Rywire spoke with Ron from Hoonigan and explains the story behind the electric S2000 build.
“I really like wanted my first rodeo into EV to be something that’s my own build,” said Ryan. “He further adds, I started to get my feet wet, and things started to change, and I realized that it’s more just more than just putting a motor in a car there’s all this mindset strategy to have it work properly, and that was where I really kind of started to gravitate towards it and be a bit more like interested in completing this car.”
The Tesla-swapped Honda S2000 also retains its rear-wheel-drive setup.
The power comes from a pair of Chevrolet Volt battery packs that sit under the hood. The 32 kWh batteries send power to the rear, where we find a Tesla drive unit. Rywire tuned the electric roadster’s powertrain to produce 500 HP of power. As a result, the sports car only has 120 miles of range. Rywire also installed the ECU from AEM’s EV branch to manage all that power. The battery-only Honda S2000 also gets a noticeable redesign.
The styling of the front grille draws inspiration from the design language of Volkswagen’s ID lineup. With the help of 3D printing, Rywire was able to fabricate this one-off panel. The car also uses aftermarket fenders that are wider than the stock units and accommodate the larger custom wheels, which have a low drag coefficient.
The wheels also have incisions to showcase the StopTech brake calipers. Ryan is the proud owner of this electric Honda 2000 and intends to use it as his daily driver. “The goal is to just drive it back and forth to work and put miles on it and like learn, gather data like this is V1 you know what I’m saying like I haven’t done these cars before really,” explains Ryan.
Image Source: Hoonigan