Teen transforms Geo Metro into electric car

A Freeman High School senior, inspired by a movie about electric cars he saw in his environmental science class, has done what Detroit automakers have failed to do: He built a cheap, reliable, roadworthy electric car. KXLY4's Tori Brunetti reports.

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[surgechecker18]

Way to go kid. To hell with the oil companies.

[Kimble275]

Good. Now influence the world! Do not stop.

[pdlsteeler1]

There are a lot of ways to produce electricity in a car even just driving down the road. Scientifically there's no reason why you should even have to recharge that often.

[Motorfordtoyota]

I want to get a Metro or Cavalier, probably a Cavalier, to conver to run on COMPRESSED AIR!!! No chargin nessicary

[Lilmiket1000]

@adric22 Amen to this!!! everyones using making electricity against electric cars because thats all they can hold against it. but everything takes energy to make. just like this person said gas dnt just fall out the guy. its has to be processed and everything before you can just put it in your vehicle. so basically at the end of the day electric is still the way to go. not to mention electric cars have way! less parts than internal gas cars. talk abotu saving the planet!

[BenjaminNelson]

I LOVE Electric Geo Metros! Of course I am biased, because I have built one.

He's right though. Anyone can do this. It's not rocket science, just good clean fun that anyone can do!

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[n0morehate]

Electric POWAH!!!

[VRJensen1]

@KaraniKun You're Wrong the emissions Are Far Cleaner with an electric even after taking into account the possibility that the electricity came from a Dirty Coal Powerplant & the batteries being mined!!! an added bonus to the electric is reduced slavery to Arab Oil! the US uses 20% of the worlds oil but has less than 2% of the worlds oil reserves...that means some Foreign Fat Sporkers have us by the Kidneys!!! P.S. Electricity doesn't have to come from polluting sources...Gasoline Pollutes!!!

[MrRachet64]

good job kid all we need is more teen coming up with good ideas is your world i would love to help fix

[adric22]

@KaraniKun - Oh, so I guess gasoline does fall out of the sky then? It is not fair to talk about the pollution that goes into making a vehicles fuel (in this case electric) if you don't also compare the pollution that goes into making the gasoline car's fuel.

[Sohave]

@KaraniKun Yes the batteries demand energy to produce so does the parts of conventional cars (that frankley also has a battery). You must also take into account that it also demants lots of energy to drill and refine oil which can only be used one time upposed to batteries which can be charged several times before expiring. You clame someone is wasting resources by converting an old car that would otherwize be scraped into an electric car at a low budget, That is crystal clear Hypocrisy!