The Audi A2

The Audi A2 is a compact MPV, or supermini, built by Audi during 1999 and 2005. The A2 was no big success to Audi. It didn't sell so good mainly due to its rather high price and the A2 program was shut down in 2005.
The reason for me to chose the A2 are several.
It is a cult car that was manufactured during a rather short time period and they are not so common.
The body is built from aluminium using the Audi Space Frame technology, which is the same as is used in the Audi A8. The aluminium makes the car light, which is good if you build an electric car, and resistant to corrosion, which is good when building on a car that has seen some miles on the road.
The A2 is a four seater with plenty of leg room in the back seat thanks to its height and just enough room for a couple of dogs in the rear. Actually the trunk space is the same as the VW Golf which looks like a larger car.

The cockpit

The cockpit feels almost like a bigger Audi from the time. The main difference compared to an Audi A6 is the smaller distance between the driver's and front passenger's shoulders.

 

The trunk

 

The trunk

The back seats fold up and reviel a pretty large space.

Underneath the back seats is the gas tank today. A battery box will go there instead.

Beneath the trunk is the muffler and the 12V battery and tools box. Another battery box will go there.

I'm sure I won't get a job as a 3D artist after this ;-) but I tried to show the two rear batttery boxes in a 3D drawing (Jörgen, forgive me ;-). The exact space is still to be measured, but I think they will both hold one layer of standing CALB CA100FI (100 Ah LiFePO4 cells) which are 22cm tall.

The original 12V battery will be replaced with a smaller one, maybe located in the double floor in the front.

The rear batttery boxes

 

The rear battery boxes from underneath.

In the front I plan to put another batttery box, right where the radiator is today. I'm hoping to get enough height to have two layers of cells on top of eachother there.

 

The front battery box. Note that the hood is taken off.

You don't open the hood on the A2, you take it away! Instead theres is a small service hatch that is used to check oil and fill up windshield washer fluid and coolant. I might put a charger inlet there instead :-)

The service hatch.

The double floors in the front seat

 

The double floors in the front are great places for putting stuff away since the engine compartment is quite small. The depth is about 15cm. Today there is the ECU (Engine Control Unit) that I might try to get rid of. It won't have an engine to control, but it might be involved in other activities as well.
In the back seat there is no double floor.

The back seats passengers have a much more upright position thanks to the deep floor. Behind the back seat passengers foot box is where the space for batteries start (which is now gas tank, rear axle, muffler, tools box and 12V battery).

Other Audi A2 conversions

Maybe the best known conversion of an Audi A2 is Simon Kay's conversion the he published as a series on Youtube.
The German company L.E. Mobile have converted quite a few Audi A2:s.
Please comment if you know of other A2 conversions!