6 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Built By Teenagers
Car companies like Tesla, Toyota and Nissan are all scrambling for a piece of the EV market. Heck, even cities like San Francisco and Portland want some. But they all just got pwned by these kids. These vehicles run on everything from solar to soy!
Texas Teen Buys Car Off eBay, Makes It Electric
Luke Laborde turned a 32 mpg gas-burning Bradley GT II kit car into a fully electric ride for just about $10,000. The ride, which was purchased off eBay, has eight 80-pound batteries throughout including where the gas tank used to be. The car gets 40 miles on a full charge.
Is there any way to reach any of these kids? They have the potential to be making a ridiculous amount of money. If I can pay even $20,000 to upgrade my car to be eco-friendly, I’m still saving at least $10,000 compared to buying a whole new one from a car company. Furthermore, I’d absolutely love it if all the car companies lost business because they were too money hungry and a bunch of kids were smarter.
I want a solar powered bike
Plenty of people build their own DC powered cars, my coworker has a late 80’s Ford Escort that is electric.
The only problem is that .GOV will NOT give you a tax break on a home built.
Jeez, those guys made that awesome biodiesel car? NICE! We need more people like that designing cars for today’s companies. I actually wouldn’t mind driving that thing for a bit
I find it inspiring that the younger generation are taking matters in to their own hands. The large car company’s should work alongside such young and forward thinking individuals to create the car of tomorrow.
I’ve always said conversion is the way, to begin it anyway .. the change
That is so cool; I hope that all of these kids will advance in their car design activities