New Zealand woman spends Rs 18 lakh to make her own electric car out of wreck

re is dearth of creativity on internet as re are a number of people coming up with unique talents and skills every day. One amongst m is a woman from New Zealand, who converted a 29-year-old wreck into a homemade, electric vehicle. denying that her creativity has surpassed kwledge of even engineers.

woman who goes by name Rosemary Penwarden, has converted her vehicle into an electric vehicle. It has been three years w since she has been driving her converted vehicle around South Island roads. As per Guardian, project took Rosemary and her friend more than eight months of solid work and tinkering. “You do have to be a little bit mad,” she said while talking about inspiration behind making her very own electric car. “I want to thank oil companies for motivation." Penwarden bought a 1993 car body from a wrecker and took combustion engine out herself. 

How much did it cost Rosemary?

As per Guardian,   project, including labor, cost Penwarden $24,000 (Rs 18.6 lakh). car is fully signed-off and warranted. After several years on road, her project recently came to attention of local reporters. Moreover, Rosemary replaced it with a new gearbox and electric engine, n packed front and back of car with batteries, 24 under hood, and 56 in boot. electric car is charged at Rosemary's home, which is fully solar-powered.

Moreover, Penwarden told that car will pay itself off as she had once spent up to $100 a week on petrol for commuting. She added that it wasn’t a cost-saving exercise and called on government to support conversions. “Just to be able to show that it can be done is a priceless thing,” she added. 

This is t first time that a person has created something useful out of scrap as a few weeks earlier, a video of a milk delivery man went viral who created his own F1-like automobile to deliver milk. post also gared attention of Anand Mahindra, who expressed his will to meet man behind such creativity.

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