16 year-old builds electric pickup truck

January 28, 2008

Andrew Angelloti converted his very own 1988 Mazda pickup to run on electricity last year, using $6,000 he had saved up from his part time job as a life guard. He built his truck using 20 flooded lead acid batteries to create 120 volts, which he couples

THE ONLY reason this kid is limited to 40 miles has NOTHING to do with EV’s. IT DOES have to do with Chevron SITTING on the patent for large form factor NIMH packs that would have let this kid get TRIPLE that range for the SAME price AND the…