Eco Factor: Gasoline car transformed to run on electricity.
If you think that transforming gasoline cars to run on electricity isn’t an easy thing to do, think again. A team of high school students of the North Carolina High School have done just that by converting a 1997 Saturn SL to run on clean electricity. They removed the car’s original 1.9-liter gasoline engine and replaced it with a 48-volt electrical system.
The team instructor believes that there is no better way to make kids learn than to give them a hands-on experience in the classroom. The transformed car can reach a top speed of 72mph and can run for 80 miles on a single charge, which costs about $3.80 worth of electricity.
The car was donated by Ayden Middle School Principal Seth Brown and the transformation cost of about $2500 came from an educational grant from the town of Ayden.
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