<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/81580a3f-d6f6-4c51-b52f-2c801c083149/663AFC80-3A75-452E-8DA8-E59D315703EC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09" href="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.sierratradingpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">17-year-old Lucas Laborde just <A href="http://gas2.org/2008/10/14/texas-teen-builds-his-own-electric-car-on-10000-budget/">converted a gas-engine car</A> he bought off eBay to an electric vehicle that drives over 40 miles on a single charge</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.sierratradingpost.com/img/A2F81BDD-F91F-4C04-9A77-77F206EE8799" alt="Lucas Laborde Electric Vehicle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">Laborde bought a kit car, the Bradley GT II, for about $5,000 and then spent another $5,700 on parts to make the car run on batteries.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">he got “creative” and replaced the fuel tank with eight really big batteries</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09"><EM>After 150 hours of work, Luke had hooked up eight 80-pound lead-acid batteries in the space left after removing the fuel tank, as well as several other ‘creative locations.’ He finished up with an EV capable of traveling 40 miles between charges, a top speed of 45mph, (more than enough for the local school run), and heaps of low-end torque. As Luke told reporters, “it has a lot of power.</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">The car isn’t without its faults</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">batteries are heavy and have caused problems with the side doors</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">the car is a highway-ready EV, more than capable of getting Laborde to school</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">he did it all for</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/in-the-news/teenager-builds-electric-car-for-10000/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Blog%2B8-26-09">far less than major automakers have been spending (and charging)</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/663AFC80-3A75-452E-8DA8-E59D315703EC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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