Electric VW Scirocco GTX

Posted 30th November, 2006 in Volkswagen | Leave a comment

Ken Albright took a tired 1986 VW Scirocco GTX, and literally jump started it back to life.

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Due to having a conscious when it comes to the environmental, Ken decided that electric-power was the way to go. Since last December, he’s spent around 100 hours and $8000 replacing the petrol engine with a total of 15 batteries, giving the car 120 volts to drive it along.

He commented “It definitely wasn’t cheap, I have calculated it out, and I’m hoping that it will pay itself back in four years.”

The cost of running such a vehicle? Just 3 cents per mile.

[Source: Missourian]

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