probably not everyone's cup of tea, but for me very interesting as I am a big fan of electric cars. So far my favourite was Tesla, but I was secretly hoping Audi would step in and start producing them too. What I really want is an electric 8 though.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/audi/r8-e-tron
We should make it a forum project to convert a D2 (one with a dead gearbox/no engine) to run on batteries.
Could even keep 4WD by mounting a second motor and second rear diff to the front drive shafts. Battery would go into the transmission tunnel.