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  • Green Pick-up Truck 
    Reported by: Nicole Kilmer

    Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 @03:18pm CDT

    (Orlando, FL) - A Florida motorist has taken the fight against high gas prices into his own hands.  He created a truck that runs on golf cart batteries.  His Chevy S-10 pickup hasn't been to a gas station in two years!

     

    The red 1997 is actually... Green.  Completely electric.  Built in 3 months by professional electrical engineer, Ken Watkins.  The batteries should last five years with proper water level maintenance.  That's about all the T.L.C. it needs.  No oil changes. No antifreeze. No clutch to wear out. 

     

    Ken liked the challenge of building this and getting away from pricey gas pumps.  But he loves not being so dependent on foreign oil.  Something fellow drivers seem to share with him on the road.  A good idea, and still a quiet one, at a top speed of 75 mph.

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