New Zealand woman creates her own electric car for $24,000

Rosemary Penwarden says the vehicle, powered by home rooftop solar, has been running smoothly for three years and has thanked oil companies for the motivation

A New Zealand woman has converted a 29-year-old wreck into a homemade, electric vehicle, to show it can be done".

Rosemary Penwarden has been driving her converted vehicle around South Island roads for three years now. The project took her and a friend more than eight months of solid work and tinkering. You do have to be a little bit mad," she said. I want to thank the oil companies for the motivation."