US man pays just under $40,000 to turn 1966 Ford Mustang into an EV with a fully-working Tesla Autopilot system
Published on Apr 23, 2026 at 4:43 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Apr 23, 2026 at 4:43 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This guy modified a classic 1966 Ford Mustang with an electric motor, which is not unheard of, and then he added Tesla FSD, which is crazy.
This is probably the world’s only autonomous 1966 Ford Mustang, and definitely the only one with components from a Cybertruck.
But it all works.
And the cost was so low you’d have to wonder why more people don’t do this.
Purists, look away
Some people call these ‘electromods’ – or ‘elektromods’ with the k.
A portmanteau of the words electric and restomod, the term is used to describe classic – and occasionally iconic – gas cars converted into EVs.
They’re becoming increasingly popular, made by both private collectors and companies.
The idea is to turn gas cars that look beautiful but can’t be driven – either because they’re too old or too complicated and expensive to run – into usable EVs you can drive every day.
Logically, maybe they even make sense.
But purists aren’t particularly happy.
They’re definitely going to love to hate this.
This Ford Mustang is electric, and it even has FSD
Yaro Shcherbanyuk, founder of a company called Calimotive, owns the quietest 1966 Ford Mustang, and definitely the only one with FSD – Tesla’s Full Self-Driving.
Calimotive specializes in restored vehicles that are retrofitted with electric units, almost always recycled from Teslas, and their latest creation is a Tesla-powered 1966 Ford Mustang.
But Shcherbanyuk went further.
He even retrofitted the Mustang with cameras and made it compatible with FSD.
It only cost him around $40,000, which is mad, but then again, he does this for a living, so other people would definitely have to invest more than that.
Almost everything that can be found under the hood of the Tesla Model 3 can be found under the hood of the Mustang.
The steering wheel and most of the dashboard are the exceptions, as they come from a Cybertruck.
Imagine going back in time and telling Henry Ford II – the man who oversaw the creation of the Mustang – that one day, one of his most iconic vehicles would be powered by electricity, and drive itself.
After beginning his automotive writing career at DriveTribe, Alessandro has been with Supercar Blondie since the launch of the website in 2022. In fact, he penned the very first article published on supercarblondie.com. He’s covered subjects from cars to aircraft, watches, and luxury yachts - and even crypto. He can largely be found heading up the site’s new-supercar and SBX coverage and being the first to bring our readers the news that they’re hungry for.
