New Zealand woman creates her own electric car for $24,000
by Tess McClure in Auckland from Environment | The Guardian on (#5ZPKW)
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."
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