February 2006
Beginner
224 pages
7h 28m
English
OUT DOORS
THE STREET-LEGAL ELECTRIC CAR OF THE FUTURE IS COMING — NOT FROM JAPAN OR DETROIT — BUT FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR’S GARAGE.

Photography by Charles Platt
Mark Mongillo electrified his Fiat partly because he wanted to make it go faster. He spent less than $5,000 on the car and the conversion. It has 12 batteries and cruises at 65 mph. Range: 40 miles.
Portland International Raceway, teenage ...