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Tesla Roadsters, running the 1/4 mile drag strip in 12.4 seconds, 121 mph; Hagerstown, MD.



Next time you fill up your car with gas, think about where your money is going. We send 6 Billion dollars a month overseas for oil! They are building indoor ski slopes in Dubai with your money. 70% of the oil we use goes towards transportation. We need to shift our transportation to electric, it's in our national interest. Plain and simple. I really don't care much about all the tree hugging, greenhouse gas, pollution part; but it's so clearly in our nation's best interest to quit using more oil than we can produce ourselves. Patriotism is not putting a little yellow sticker on the back of your SUV, it's about doing something that helps your country.




This weekend my Dad and I went to the electric car show and drag race in Hagerstown, MD. Apparently electric car conversions are a lot more popular in California than over here on the east coast, as usual we're lagging behind. There were a few neat cars though, and I was able to learn a lot talking to the very helpful owner/builders and checking out their work. While I had a great time, I was a little disappointed by the fact that the drag races were held by putting the electric cars in between races of gas powered hot rods. Kind of like racing sailboats beside cigarette boats. The silence of the electric cars was eerie and anticlimatic after the deafening roar of petroleum exploding. Which one do you think will get the kids blood pumping?


I'm determined to build an electric car conversion, which is why I travelled 5 hours to the show, and I've got an Opal GT to use for it. My current plan is to do it on the cheap, trying to scrounge up an old forklift motor, and hoping I can get away with only spending $2-3K. If anyone reading this would like to sponsor me, for about $5,000 I can build something that will achieve highway speeds and get out of it's own way, with about 40-50 mile range. For $15,000 I could build a car that would have 75 mile range as well as freeway speed. Any money donated would be returned when the car is eventually sold. Just throwing it out there....


No sound except squealing rubber!

Comments

  1. RUNNERMANSeptember 1, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    WHEN I WIN THE LOTTERY, I WILL PAY THE WHOLE THING!!! I WANT TO SEE THIS CAR WHEN ITS DONE.WILL IT WORK IN A BOAT?

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 7:46 PM

    Do not talk to my wife, she wants an electric car real bad, I repeat do not talk to the wife.

    By the way my 4 yr old grand niece thinks my "new" topper is so pretty.

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