Green Options » Bradley GT II http://greenoptions.com/tag/bradley-gt-ii Posts tagged 'Bradley GT II' Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Texas Teen Builds His Own Electric Car on $10,000 Budget http://gas2.org/2008/10/14/texas-teen-builds-his-own-electric-car-on-10000-budget/ http://gas2.org/2008/10/14/texas-teen-builds-his-own-electric-car-on-10000-budget/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:52:48 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2008/10/14/texas-teen-builds-his-own-electric-car-on-10000-budget/

This fall, Texas teenager Lucas Laborde will be driving to school in an electric car he built himself. The 17 year old spent last summer converting a conventional gas-powered car to run on batteries. Total cost? Around $10,000.

Luke’s EV is based on a kit car, known as a Bradley GT II, which his father bought on eBay for just $5000 splashing out a further $5700 on electric conversion parts and batteries. The rest was left up to Luke’s ingenuity and technical know-how.

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