Pietro Cambi is the president of the Eurozev, an association which promotes the conversion from endothermic engine to electric. He converted his own ‘cinquino’ to an electric car, manteining a lot of the original specs (like for example the clutch!)

Cinquino and the kitegen prototype in the back. At the right side of cinquino Pietro Cambi, at the left side Massimo Ippolito, the kitegen's inventor
There is a video on youtube when the cinquino hit the 100 Km/h (the endothermic cinquino was never that fast 🙂
This is pretty cool and I think the way to go.