6 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Built By Teenagers
16 Year Old Converts 1988 Mazda Truck To A Plugin EV
Andrew Angelloti, after saving up $6,000 as a part time lifeguard, converted his very own truck to be a plug-in. Using 20 flooded lead acid batteries to create 120 volts and a 60 HP electric motor, the truck hits a top speed of 55 mph and has range of 40 miles. Best part, he blogs about it so others can mod their cars. You can check out his blog here.
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August 16th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
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.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:15 am
I want a solar powered bike
August 17th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
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.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
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
August 20th, 2009 at 9:11 am
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.
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:55 am
I’ve always said conversion is the way, to begin it anyway .. the change
August 28th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
That is so cool; I hope that all of these kids will advance in their car design activities
December 12th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
ho didn’t make that, someone in asia did.