The collimation of three years of work by Coherent Systems International, the car is said to run for 8 hours on a 2-hour charge from a 240-volt outlet. Additionally, developers say the cruiser will cost 35-cents a day to maintain while a gas fueled police car costs more than $3.50 per day to maintain (not including gasoline).

The initial gutting of the Impala started with removing the transmission, motor and all other equipment that could not be powered by electricity. As far as the car's interior goes, the standard gearshift was replaced with three buttons (forward, reverse, and neutral), and a computer screen replaced the speedometer.

Though no one will put a price tag on how much the conversion cost overall, the Coherent VP said that parts alone for this "prototype" ran around $75,000. For the long haul, though, their goal is to make the fuel-injection/electric conversion process affordable.

Via Engadget.