The modern trends towards environmental cleanliness of personal transports extends to classic cars as well, prompting some tuners to convert the vehicles they restore to EVs. This enables building old-timers that are powerful while at the same time nature-friendly. Examples include a 1967 Ford Mustang revived as the Aviar R67, or a 1970 Aston Martin DB6. Surprisingly enough, there are people out there who are strongly opposed to this trend.
FIVA, the International Association for Classic Vehicles (French: Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens), has come out with a statement that meddling with the drivetrains of vintage cars runs afoul of saving their original tech for generations to come, upholding their cultural values and their pristine condition. It emphasized that the classic car is primarily defined by the way in which it was designed and engineered, rather than by the shape of its body.
FIVA has also asked all those who gave in to the modern electrification trends to be at least polite enough to keep all of the original parts, so that the tuning could be reverted later on.