16-Year-Old Converts Gas Truck To Electric
Some people under estimate today’s youth, and I know that as being a youth myself, it can be quite a task to prove people otherwise. Well, Andrew Angelloti, a 16-year-old, has done just that. The green-minded youth, has taken his 1988 Mazda pickup truck and converted it to run solely on electricity using $6,000 he’d earned as a part-time lifeguard. According to Andrew, the truck reaches a top speed of 55 MPH, sports a range of 40 miles per charge, and has acceleration that’s, “Not that bad.” The mod uses 20 flooded lead-acid batteries (for 120 volts), and a 60 HP, 9-inch electric motor. For most of us, that one major conversion would be enough, but Andrew is cracking away on his second EV mod, working his magic on a 1992 Toyota Tercel and gunning for more speed and a larger motor. It’s kids like Andrew that give today’s youth a good name.
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