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Hyperefficient Student-Built EV Defies the Odds

Posted August 25, 2010 8:17 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

The coolest thing about this electric car isn't the Lola racing car chassis, or the clear plastic bodywork or even the fact it gets the equivalent of 300 mpg. The coolest thing about this car is the kids who built it. The car was a class project at the Automotive Design Studio at the DeLaSalle Education Center, an alternative high school in Kansas City, Missouri. The school serves those kids who fall through the cracks, and most of them live below the poverty line.

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08/25/2010 11:30 PM

A very inspirational story...
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08/25/2010 11:42 PM

total awesomeness!

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08/26/2010 10:51 AM

"it gets the equivalent of 300 mpg"

Does anyone know the formula used to calculate that number?

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08/26/2010 11:11 AM

"The coolest thing about this car is the kids who built it."

That's because they came from my home state, Mo. Seriously though it's good to see kids do something like this. So many kids don't care about education or making something of themselves, so congratulations.

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